Etymology

Uncle Hanzi (汉字叔叔）
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Character: 读

English Senses For (英文): du2
to read / to attend school / to go to school, college, etc. / to study

English Senses For (英文): dou4
pauses in a sentence

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 8BFB
GB2312-80 := B6C1

读

Simplification (簡化方法):
radical simplification 讠 universal simplification 卖
simplified with 1 different traditional

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 8B80
Big5 := C5AA

讀
賣 mai4 (du) 買 mai3

言 yan2 speak

Etymology (文字來源):
Phonetic Signific, relating to the spoken word 言 - to read

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

History of Chinese Writing

中國文字的歷史

Spoken Chinese and Other Languages

Unicode Tests

Chinese Equivalent Websites

Chinese Encoding and Conversion

Enable XP for maximum Chinese

ShuoWen: (說文解字):
誦書也從言賣聲

Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S01668

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L25160	L25161	L25162


Bronze (金文编) Characters - none known


Oracle (甲骨文) Characters - none known

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