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读 dú — “to read”

How to write and say the Chinese character 读 (dú), which means to read — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Everyday actions.

Pinyin · 拼音 dú
Meaning · 意思 to read
Strokes · 笔画 10
Radical · 部首 讠 (speech)
Hear it · 听发音
Watch it drawn stroke by stroke →

Stroke order笔顺

读 is written with 10 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: to show off 卖 one's literacy 讠.

A common word常用词

读dú书shū

to read books

Example sentence例句

我wǒ们men一yì起qǐ读dú课kè文wén。

Let's read the text together.

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