读

See also: 讀 and 読

读 U+8BFB, 读 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8BFB ← 诺 [U+8BFA] CJK Unified Ideographs 诼 → [U+8BFC]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	讀
Shinjitai	読
Simplified	读

Han character

读 (radical 149, 讠+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈女十弓大 (IVJNK), composition ⿰讠卖)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1188, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3984, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8BFB

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 讀 (言 → 讠 and 賣 → 卖)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 读 – see 讀 (“to say aloud; to tell; to read; to peruse; etc.”). (This character, 读, is the simplified form of 讀.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.