Read Edit View history 讀 dúdòu HSK1 read Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 𧸇 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas dú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 读 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 讀 Simp strokes 讀 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint The original sound component 𧸇 was later corrupted to the visually and semantically similar character 賣. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 讀 Simp strokes 讀 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 讀 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 278, 795 ], [ 365, 752 ], [ 389, 718 ] ], [ [ 72, 559 ], [ 102, 551 ], [ 132, 552 ], [ 333, 603 ], [ 375, 611 ], [ 416, 607 ] ], [ [ 183, 453 ], [ 239, 453 ], [ 323, 478 ], [ 377, 484 ] ], [ [ 199, 345 ], [ 267, 347 ], [ 347, 371 ], [ 381, 372 ] ], [ [ 136, 228 ], [ 167, 198 ], [ 208, 38 ] ], [ [ 195, 208 ], [ 203, 217 ], [ 300, 249 ], [ 333, 248 ], [ 353, 228 ], [ 337, 159 ], [ 313, 146 ] ], [ [ 222, 83 ], [ 232, 92 ], [ 313, 114 ], [ 371, 113 ] ], [ [ 477, 731 ], [ 547, 727 ], [ 676, 753 ], [ 769, 779 ], [ 811, 776 ] ], [ [ 611, 846 ], [ 648, 807 ], [ 642, 698 ], [ 626, 669 ] ], [ [ 511, 638 ], [ 550, 633 ], [ 697, 662 ], [ 745, 666 ], [ 770, 661 ] ], [ [ 415, 553 ], [ 438, 539 ], [ 449, 520 ], [ 487, 413 ] ], [ [ 459, 555 ], [ 482, 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