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

她每天晚上都会读一本书。

tā měi tiān wǎn shang dōu huì dú yī běn shū。

She reads a book every evening.

老师让我们大声读这段课文。

lǎo shī ràng wǒ men dà shēng dú zhè duàn kè wén。

The teacher asked us to read this passage aloud.

Words with 读

读数

dú shù

reading

只读

zhǐ dú

(computing) read-only

阅读器

yuè dú qì

reader (software)

通读

tōng dú

to read through

读者

dú zhě

reader

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

阅读广度

yuè dú guǎng dù

reading span

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