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The Chinese word du - 读 - dú
(to read in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

dú

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(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)

Note: This Chinese character can also be pronounced dòu. However, with a different pronunciation, the meaning of the character will change as well (not yet available in this dictionary).

English translations

to read, to attend school,
to study, to learn

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 读 ( dú ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( du / dú ) with pronunciation (English translation: to read )
读 ( du / dú ) in traditional characters
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Character complexity
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读 is composed of 10 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

to say  |  to attend school
读 ( du / dú ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 448)
Chinese example words containing the character 读 ( du / dú )
读卡器 ( dúkăqì = card reader ), 读书 ( dúshū = to read ), 儿童读物 ( értóngdúwù = children's book ), 复读机 ( fùdújī = repeater ), 朗读 ( lăngdú = to read aloud ), 阅读 ( yuèdú = to read ), 走读学校 ( zŏu dú xuéxiào = (day) school )
Other characters that are pronounced dú in Chinese
毒 (poison) , 独 (single) , 渎 (ditch) , 犊 (calf)
More words that mean to read in Chinese
dúshū ( 读书 ), kàn ( 看 ), lăn ( 览 ), niàn ( 念 ), yuè ( 阅 ), yuèdú ( 阅读 )

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