懂得
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
懂得 (dǒngde) · to understand
懂得 (dǒngde) means “to understand; to know (how)”. It is written with 2 characters: 懂 (to understand) + 得 (to get). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 懂得 is built
The characters
懂 dǒng · to understand
What 懂 is made of
- 忄xīn — heart
- 八bā — eight
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 董dǒng — to direct
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 重zhòng — heavy
- 千qiān — thousand
- 里lǐ — unit of distance equal to 0.5km
Origin hint: 忄 gives the meaning, 董 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
得 dé · to get
What 得 is made of
- 彳chì — to step with the left foot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 旦dàn — dawn
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: A hand 寸 grabbing a shell 旦 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他很懂得关心别人。Tā hěn dǒngde guānxīn biérén.He really knows how to care for others.
你懂得这个道理吗？Nǐ dǒngde zhège dàoli ma?Do you understand this principle?
Questions about 懂得
What does 懂得 mean?
懂得 (dǒngde) means “to understand; to know (how)”.
How do you pronounce 懂得?
懂得 is pronounced dǒngde.
Which HSK level is 懂得?
懂得 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 懂dǒngto understand
- 得到dédàoto get
- 记得jìdeto remember
- 觉得juédeto feel
- 得出déchūto reach (a result)
- 取得qǔdéto get
- 不得不bùdébùto have to
- 得分défēnto score
- 认得rèndeto know
- 显得xiǎndeto seem
Learn 懂得 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 57: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.