ㄉㄨ ˊ

dú

read

读 is a 10 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as dú in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as dòu.

In traditional Chinese the character 讀 is used.

It is made up of the components 讠 (speech) and 卖 (sell).

  • 读
    ㄉㄨ ˊ

    dú

    read

    • 讠
      ㄧㄢ ˊ

      yán

      speech

    • 卖
      ㄇㄞ ˋ

      mài

      sell

4 stories have been written about this character — see all
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Doc sach thi phai noi gap muoi lan ban hang
by acvt_007

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I've read a book about marketing. Some of the SELLING techniques that it describes are so fascinating, it will leave you SPEECHLESS.
by Veles

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With a good --speech-- skill, it is easy to --sell-- someone on --reading-- something, right (2. tone)?
by Yibai

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写
by PoeOu

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 读

dú
dòu

Definitions for 读 pronounced as dú

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

Definitions for 读 pronounced as dòu

  • comma
  • phrase marked by pause

Vocabulary

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