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CHINESE CHARACTER

dú

读

读

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read

Numbered pinyin
du2
English meanings
study, read, attend school, take, read aloud, read (aloud), peruse

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 讠; right 卖.

  • Left

    讠
  • Right

    卖
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    • Top

      十
    • Bottom

      买
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      • Top

        乛
      • Bottom

        头
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰讠卖

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    wǒ我xǐhuan喜欢dúshū读书。

    I like reading.

  2. 02

    qǐng请dú读zhè这gè个jùzi句子。

    Please read this sentence.

  3. 03

    tā他měi每tiān天dú读bàozhǐ报纸。

    He reads the newspaper every day.

  4. 04

    dàshēng大声dú读chūlai出来。

    Read it out loud.

  5. 05

    wǒ我zhèngzài正在dú读yī一běn本xiǎoshuō小说。

    I'm reading a novel.

  6. 06

    nǐ你dú读dàxué大学le了ma吗?

    Are you in college?

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 宣读
  • 就读
  • 攻读
  • 朗读
  • 解读
  • 读书
  • 读者
  • 读音
  • 阅读
  • 默读