dú

读

to read aloud

HSK 2.0 · 1 HSK 3.0 · 1
01 · Write

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02 · Stroke order

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03 · Details

Meaning, words & where you learn it

Taught in your lessons 课程

Words with 读

读书 dú shū to read a book; to study HSK 1
读音 dú yīn pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character HSK 2
读者 dú zhě reader HSK 3
阅读 yuè dú to read; reading HSK 4
朗读 lǎng dú to read aloud HSK 5
解读 jiě dú to decipher; to decode HSK 7–9
宣读 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) HSK 7–9
就读 jiù dú to go to school HSK 7–9
攻读 gōng dú to major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree HSK 7–9
默读 mò dú to read in silence HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 请打开课本,读第五课的课文。 Please open your textbooks and read the text of Lesson Five. Lesson 107
  • 我们一起去图书馆读书吧。 Let's go study at the library together. Lesson 116
  • 李老师先教我们读课文。 First Teacher Li teaches us to read the text. 我们的汉语课

Character facts

Radical
讠 words, speech; to speak, to say
Parts
讠 + 卖
Structure
Left–right
Traditional
讀
Unicode
U+8BFB

Ideographic: To show off 卖 one's literacy 讠