00849 Chinese character of 讀 and pronounce duk6

The Chinese character【讀】that we will be discussing today is a word that describes an action or process. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Read or study. Explanation: 1. (1) Read according to the text. Such as: “recite”, “read aloud”, “read aloud”. (2) Look. For example: “reading”, “reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles.” (3) research, specialize. For example: “He studies science.” 2. The place in the sentence where the meaning is not yet completed and you need to pause when reading. Same as “funny”. Such as: “punctuation”.

Below is the correct pronunciation of this particular Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【讀】:dú

Cantonese Jyutping of 【讀】:duk6

This introduces some basic knowledge regarding the Chinese character 【讀】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【讀】, for example:Describe an action or process , It means mainly to read or study .The richness of Chinese characters allows for a wide range of meanings, some of which may be too complex to be fully explained here.

【讀】serves as a standalone word but gains depth when partnered with others to form detailed expressions, like【閱讀、讀書】(Mandarin Pinyin:yuè dú 、dú shū/ Cantonese Jyutping:jyut6 duk6 、duk6 syu1)

The total stroke number of this character is 22 ,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,Below, you’ll find a sentence connected to this character.:


他正在圖書館裡專心讀書。

He is studying hard in the library.


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