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to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #770 U+8BFB

How 读 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To show off 卖 one's literacy 讠

components: 讠 卖

How to remember it

read · Heisig RSH #860

words + 卖 sell

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 读

WordPinyinMeaning
有声读物 yǒu shēng dú wù audiobook; recording of a person reading the text of a book
读万卷书,行万里路 dú wàn juàn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù (lit.) read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles (idiom); (fig.) acquire knowl…
工读生 gōng dú shēng student who also works part-time; (old) reform-school student
读书人 dú shū rén scholar; intellectual
可读性 kě dú xìng readability
读书机 dú shū jī audio-output reading machine
读书会 dú shū huì study group
行万里路胜读万卷书 xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juàn shū to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
读卡器 dú kǎ qì card reader
半工半读 bàn gōng bàn dú part work, part study; work-study program
复读生 fù dú shēng student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school
计算机可读 jì suàn jī kě dú computer-readable; machine-readable
读头 dú tóu reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
工读学校 gōng dú xué xiào reformatory; reform school
读心 dú xīn to read sb's mind
白读 bái dú colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
读法 dú fǎ pronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character)
文读 wén dú literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
读出 dú chū to read out loud; (computing) to read (data); readout (of a scientific instrument)
读物 dú wù reading material