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Translingual
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Glyph origin
Japanese shinjitai simplified from 讀 (賣 → 売)
Han character
読 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口土月山 (YRGBU), composition ⿰訁売)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1165, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35580
- Dae Jaweon: page 1630, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3973, character 7
- Unihan data for U+8AAD
Japanese
Kanji
読
(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 讀)
- to read
- (とう) phrase, clause, part of a sentence, e.g. 読点 (lit. "clause mark", i.e. comma)
Readings
From Middle Chinese 讀 (MC duwk); compare Mandarin 讀／读 (dú):
From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 讀／读 (dòu):
From native Japanese roots:
Compounds
