I'm reading.
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读书
Traditional: 讀書
dú shū
HSK 3.0 · 1
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dú shū · duk6 syu1 (Jyutping)
- to read a book
- to study
- to attend school
Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data
Character breakdown
读
- Meaning
- read, study; pronounce
- Radical
- 讠
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰讠卖
- Cangjie
- IVJNK
- Four-corner
- 3478
书
- Meaning
- book, letter, document; writings
- Radical
- 丨
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿻？丨
- Cangjie
- IDS
- Four-corner
- 5302
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Example sentences
I'm reading.
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