Chinese symbol for “comma”
读
dòu
Traditional: 讀
comma; phrase marked by pause
The closest CC-CEDICT match for comma is 读 (dòu), defined as: comma; phrase marked by pause.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “comma”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “comma”.
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.