Chinese Character 讀 Meanings and components.

Form

讀

Meaning

讀 meaning[3] in English

Comma.

Phrase Marked By Pause.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 讀 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and to sell (賣)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with YRGWC

How to write 讀

To write讀du2comma you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 賣mai4to sell arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 賣 = 讀

讀 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 讀 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 讀, looks as follow:

讀
Pinyin:du2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Comma . Phrase Marked By Pause
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
賣
Pinyin:mai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Sell . To Betray . To Spare No Effort . To Show Off Or Flaunt
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
買
Pinyin:mai3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Buy . To Purchase
罒
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Net (Kangxi Radical 122)
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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