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See also: 𢤦
U+61C2, 懂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61C2

[U+61C1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+61C3]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
16 strokes

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp.
alternative forms 𢤦

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *toːŋʔ) : semantic (heart) + phonetic (OC *toːŋʔ).

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps cognate with (OC *taːŋʔ, “to know”), an ancient Chu dialect word (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
    • tóng - literary;
    • táng - vernacular (limited, e.g. 懂嚇).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (1)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tuwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tuŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tuŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tuŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/təwŋX/
Li
Rong
/tuŋX/
Wang
Li
/tuŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dung2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17435
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*toːŋʔ/
Notes

Definitions[edit]

  1. to understand; to comprehend
      ―  dǒng le.  ―  I see.
    禮貌礼貌  ―  dǒng lǐmào  ―  to understand good manners
    [MSC, trad.]
    [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de huà wǒ tīngdǒng le. [Pinyin]
    I understand what he said.
    英語英语  ―  dǒng yīngyǔ ma?  ―  Do you understand English?
    阿拉 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]
    7aqlaq 8veq 8ton [Wugniu]
    I don't understand.
  2. (Singapore, Hong Kong) to know
    暑假準備幹什麼 [MSC, trad.]
    暑假准备干什么 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zhè shǔjià zhǔnbèi gànshénme? Wǒ bù dǒng. [Pinyin]
    What are you doing this summer? I don't know.
  3. Used in 懵懂 (měngdǒng, “confused”).
  4. a surname: Dong

Synonyms[edit]

  • (to understand):

Antonyms[edit]

  • (antonym(s) of "to understand"):

See also[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 심란할 (simnanhal dong))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: đổng, đỏng

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