读 — Chinese character
读
dú
to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce
- Pinyin
- dú
- Radical
- 149 ⾔ (Speech)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 讠 卖
- Formation
- ideographic — To show off 卖 one's literacy 讠
- Traditional
- 讀
Common words with 读
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阅读 (閱讀) | yuè dú | to read |
| 读者 (讀者) | dú zhě | reader |
| 读书 (讀書) | dú shū | to read a book; to study |
| 解读 (解讀) | jiě dú | to decipher; to decode |
| 就读 (就讀) | jiù dú | to go to school |
| 宣读 (宣讀) | xuān dú | to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) |
| 读物 (讀物) | dú wù | reading material |
| 攻读 (攻讀) | gōng dú | to major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree |
| 读取 (讀取) | dú qǔ | (of a computer etc) to read (data) |
| 在读 (在讀) | zài dú | to be studying (at a school or research institute) |
| 阅读器 (閱讀器) | yuè dú qì | reader (software) |
| 朗读 (朗讀) | lǎng dú | to read aloud |
English words written with 读
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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