读

读 (dú) means "to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]" in Chinese. The new HSK exam tests it at HSK 1.

读 is pronounced "dú" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 2.

读 is an HSK 1 word on the new HSK exam syllabus. It is HSK 1 on both the old and the new exam.

Common words with 读 include 住读 (to attend boarding school), 借读 (to attend school on a temporary basis), 再读 (to read again), 判读 (to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc)), 句读 (pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)).

读 has 9 strokes. Its radical is 讠. You can view the stroke order animation on our stroke order tool.