懂
dǒng HSK2

understand

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Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 董 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

董
董 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