to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going
懂 · 15 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 董 represents the sound.
事 · 8 strokes
The characters 史 (history), 吏 (government official), 使 (cause; use; instruct), and 事 (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a h…