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Character Decomposition
读=讠+卖
Etymology
To show off 卖 one's literacy 讠
Meanings2 pronunciations
dòu
comma
phrase marked by pause
dú
to read out; to read aloud
to read
to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
to pronounce
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Words with 读 150 total
to read intensively饱读bǎo dú(of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies) · (of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study工读gōng dúpausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) · punctuation · periods and commas · sentences and phrases句读jù dòuto read in silence默读mò dúto read and interpret ancient texts · to decipher释读shì dúto read (a draft) · to review审读shěn dúto read aloud诵读sòng dúto read through通读tōng dúto read · reading阅读yuè dúto read out loud to an audience · a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)宣读xuān dúto study attentively (a book) · to delve into研读yán dúreading or phonetic value of a character · (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) xùn dú. For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)音读yīn dúvariant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)异读yì dúto attend school as a day student走读zǒu dúto attend boarding school住读zhù dústress (on a syllable)重读zhòng dúto study (in an academic program); to pursue (a degree)修读xiū dúto attend school on a temporary basis借读jiè dúshared reading (parent-child, classroom, reading group etc); to engage in shared reading共读gòng dúto interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc) · to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)判读pàn dú(computing) read-only只读zhǐ dúenjoyable to read; worth reading; readable · able to be read; legible; readable可读kě dúto read mindfully; to read with full engagement品读pǐn dúto lip-read · lipreading唇读chún dú
Idioms with 读 27 total Chain
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