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Chinese symbol for “understand”

了解
liǎo jiě
to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out

The closest CC-CEDICT match for understand is 了解 (liǎo jiě), defined as: to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

了 liǎo
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
radical 6 ⼅ · 2 strokes
解 jiě
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
radical 148 ⾓ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “understand”

WordPinyinMeaning
懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend
懂得dǒng deto understand; to know; to comprehend
理会 (理會)lǐ huìto understand; to pay attention to
领会 (領會)lǐng huìto understand; to comprehend
谅解 (諒解)liàng jiěto understand; to make allowances for

Related words

Other words that share a character with 了解.

WordPinyinMeaning
为了 (為了)wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to
除了chú leapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca
不了bù leno thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
解释 (解釋)jiě shìexplanation; to explain
理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand
解放jiě fàngto liberate; to emancipate

See also: Japanese symbol for “understand”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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