Character Details
| understand (situation) | Ascii: — | w1065 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 明白 | míngbai | meeng-bye | 2+5 | 帽 hat + 子 suffix → hat | 明白 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - Do you understand? | - I don’t understand what you’re saying | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; verb/adjective | 明 (sun + moon) + 白 (white) | ||||||||||
| Sun + moon merge into pure white clarity in your mind. | |||||||||||