读

dú

to read out; to read aloud

to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce

speech (讠) + sell/put out (卖) = reading aloud

Reading aloud is a kind of selling your words outward — projecting language into the world. The speech radical anchors the verbal act, while 卖 (to sell, to put out) suggests the outward delivery of sound.

讠+卖→读

卖To sellSemantic

讠SpeechSemantic

Words with 读

读者

dú zhě

reader

通读

tōng dú

to read through

速读

sù dú

speed reading

连读

lián dú

liaison (in phonetics)

释读

shì dú

to read and interpret ancient texts

重读

zhòng dú

stress (on a syllable)

错读

cuò dú

to mispronounce

阅读

yuè dú

to read

阅读器

yuè dú qì

reader (software)

阅读广度

yuè dú guǎng dù

reading span

阅读理解

yuè dú lǐ jiě

reading comprehension

阅读装置

yuè dú zhuāng zhì

electronic reader (e.g. for barcodes, RFID tags etc)

More characters with 讠

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