懂

Translingual

Han character

懂 (radical 61 心+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心廿竹土 (PTHG), four-corner 9401₄, composition ⿰忄董)

References

• KangXi: page 405, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11320
• Dae Jaweon: page 745, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2353, character 6
• Unihan data for U+61C2

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		懂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǒng (dong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): túng
• Min Nan (POJ): táng / tóng
• Wu (WT Romanisation): ton (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: tung³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doong
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung²
    • Yale: dúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: túng
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /tuŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táng / tóng
    • Tâi-lô: táng / tóng
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴¹/, /tɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁵³/, /tɔŋ⁵³/
  • Note: tóng is literary (文).
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: ton (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (懂, reconstructed)
Character (懂), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 端 (5) Final: 東 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 多動切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tuŋX/	/tuŋX/	/tuŋX/	/tuŋX/	/təwŋX/	/tuŋX/	/tuŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (懂, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
懂					17435					重					東					0					董					/*toːŋʔ/					右原從蕫，今字見韻會覩動切

Verb

懂

1. (Beginning Mandarin) understand, comprehend

   我懂了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ dǒng le. [Pinyin]

   I see

   他的話我聽懂了。 [MSC, trad.]

   他的话我听懂了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de huà wǒ tīngdǒng le. [Pinyin]

   I understand what he said.

2. to know

   懂禮貌 / 懂礼貌  ―  dǒng lǐmào  ―  to have good manners

Derived terms

• 聽懂／听懂
• 看懂

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Japanese

Kanji

懂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: とう (tō), つ (tsu)
• Kun: みだれる (midareru)

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Vietnamese

Han character

懂 (đổng, đỏng)

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