读 (dú): meaning and stroke order

读 (dú) means to read out; to read aloud, to read, to attend (school); to study (a subject in school).

读

Simplified: 读
Traditional: 讀
Pinyin: dú · dòu

Stroke order of 读

读

dòu comma; phrase marked by pause
dú to read out; to read aloud; to read
10 strokes
Traditional form: 讀

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 读

dú Traditional 讀
- to read out; to read aloud
- to read
- to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
- to pronounce
dòu Traditional 讀
- comma
- phrase marked by pause

Radical and structure

读: Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 10 strokes · 讠 on the left, 卖 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 读

读书 dú shū to read a book; to study
读者 dú zhě reader
宣读 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
读书人 dú shū rén scholar; intellectual

读 in our stories

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大学毕业那年，沈佳去了加拿大读研究生，两个人之间差了十二个小时。

dàxué bìyè nà nián Shěn Jiā qù le Jiānádà dú yánjiūshēng liǎng gè rén zhījiān chà le shí'èr gè xiǎoshí

The year they graduated, Shen Jia went to Canada for a master's degree, twelve hours apart.

From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4
老人告诉他，这些书都是他年轻时从这里借的，那时他和妻子每读一本，就去书里的城市旅行一次。

lǎorén gàosu tā zhèxiē shū dōu shì tā niánqīng shí cóng zhèli jiè de nàshí tā hé qīzi měi dú yì běn jiù qù shū lǐ de chéngshì lǚxíng yí cì

The old man told him that he had borrowed all these books here when he was young; back then, every time he and his wife read one, they went to travel in that city.

From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5
战国时期，赵国有一位名将叫赵奢，他的儿子赵括从小就爱读兵书。

Zhànguó shíqī Zhàoguó yǒu yí wèi míngjiàng jiào Zhào Shē tā de érzi Zhào Kuò cóngxiǎo jiù ài dú bīngshū

In the Warring States period the State of Zhao had a famous general called Zhao She, whose son Zhao Kuo had loved reading books on warfare since childhood.

From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 读

Twelve hours apart HSK 4
Flowers in the book return HSK 5
Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).