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读 — stroke order

dú
ㄉㄨˊ
Meaning
to study
Strokes
10
Radical
讠
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Watch how to write 读 (dú) stroke by stroke. 读 has 10 strokes and means “to study”. It appears in common words such as 读书 (to read a book) and 阅读 (to read). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 读

The most common words that use 读 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

读书dúshūto read a book阅读yuèdúto read读懂dúdǒngto read and understand解读jiědúto decipher读者dúzhěreader导读dǎodúguide

How 读 is written

Radical
讠
Components
讠 + 卖
Formation
Ideographic — To show off 卖 one's literacy 讠.

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