dòu = d + ou4
comma / phrase marked by pause
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= du + Ø2
to read / to study / reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
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= du + Ø2
to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce
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How to pronounce 读

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ou4 final

In the outhouse’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
= du initial

Du is for Doggy Dog.

By Matthias • updated 14 days ago
+ Ø2 final

In the space station’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

读 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mài = m + ai4
to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt
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yán = y + an2
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
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Characters with 读 as component

读 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 读

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to read a book / to study / to attend school
to read / reading
reader / CL:個|个[ge4]

Sentences with 读

读 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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dòu /

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