ㄉㄨ ˊ

dú

read

讀 is a 22 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as dú in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as dòu.

In simplified Chinese the character 读 is used.

It is made up of the components 言 (words) and 賣 (sell).

  • 讀
    ㄉㄨ ˊ

    dú

    read

    • 言
      ㄧㄢ ˊ

      yán

      words

    • 賣
      ㄇㄞ ˋ

      mài

      sell

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I must learn to read words if I hope to sell goods.
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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 讀

dú
dòu

Definitions for 讀 pronounced as dú

  • to read
  • to study
  • reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

Definitions for 讀 pronounced as dòu

  • comma
  • phrase marked by pause

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