měng​dǒng

confused

měng, mèng stupid

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

mind

Sound component
méng, máng, mèng eyesight obscured

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɯːŋs
mɯːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

dǒng understand

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

is a component form of .

Sound component
dǒng, zhǒng supervise

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtoːŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang