| Chinese Text Project |
| 讀 U+8B80 |  Seal script | 读 Simplified character | 讀 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 言+ 15 strokes = 22 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.449#6 Kangxi: p.1185#27 Cihai: p.1257r3c05 GSR: 1023.m Hanyu: v6,p4029#01 |
| Composition: | Left: 言, right: 賣. Compositionally related: 讀 . Component of: 𭍏 讟 |
| Mandarin: | dú dòu ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄡˋ |
| Cantonese: | dau6 duk6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *dhuk |
| Shuowen: | 《言部》讀：誦書也。从言賣聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·屋·獨》讀：讀誦。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·言部·十五》讀：《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》徒谷切《正韻》杜谷切，𠀤音獨。《說文》誦書也。《徐鍇曰》讀猶瀆也。若四瀆之引水也。《詩·鄘風》中冓之言，不可讀也。《毛傳》抽也。《鄭箋》抽猶出也。《朱傳》誦言也。《禮·文王世子》冬讀書，典書者詔之。又樂名。《周禮·春官·大司樂疏》《孝經緯》云：祝融之樂曰《屬讀》。又曲名。《唐書·禮樂志》《讀曲》，宋人爲彭城王義康作也。又官名。《唐書·百官志》集賢殿書院有侍讀學士，掌承旨撰集文章，校理經籍。又姓，見《姓苑》。又《集韻》《韻會》𠀤大透切，音豆。義同。《周禮·天官·宮正註》鄭司農讀火絕之。《釋文》徐音豆。又《增韻》句讀，凡經書成文語絕處謂之句。語未絕而點分之以便誦詠，謂之讀。今祕省挍書式：凡句絕，則點於字之旁讀，分則微點於字之中閒。又《韻會》通作投。《馬融·長笛賦》察度於句投。《註》說文曰：逗，止也。投與逗古字通，音豆。投，句之所止也。○按此則讀與逗通。逗又與投通。又叶亭歷切，音狄。《蘇轍·醉吟庵詩》詩成付與醉中讀，知有淸溪可終日。 考證：〔《周禮·天官·小宰宮正註》鄭司農讀火絕之。徐音豆。〕謹按此天官宫正註非小宰註也，謹照原文省小宰二字。俆音豆上增釋文二字。 |
| Fanqie: | 徒谷 (《廣韻·入聲·屋·獨》) |
| Unihan definition: | read, study; pronounce |
Example usage
| 《論語·先進》: | 何必讀書，然後為學？ |
| Why must one read books before he can be considered to have learned? | |
| 《孟子·萬章下》: | 頌其詩，讀其書，不知其人，可乎？ |
| He repeats their poems, and reads their books, and as he does not know what they were as men, to ascertain this. | |
| 《禮記·曲禮下》: | 居喪，未葬，讀喪禮。 |
| When occupied with the duties of mourning and before the interment of (a parent), (a son) should study the ceremonies of mourning. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 聖讀而庸行，盍去諸？ |
| To read the sage's writings but continue in ordinary behaviors —why not just get rid of the sage's writings? | |
| 《論衡·率性》: | 聞誦讀之聲，搖雞奮豚，揚脣吻之音，聒賢聖之耳，惡至甚矣。 |
| Whenever he heard some reading, he tossed up his feather hat, pulled his belt, and uttered such a yell, that he deafened the ears of the worthies and sages. Such was his wickedness. | |
| 《墨子·小取》: | 且夫讀書，非 書也。 |
| Reading books is not books; liking reading books is liking books. | |
| 《莊子·天道》: | 桓公讀書於堂上，輪扁斲輪於堂下，釋椎鑿而上，問桓公曰：「敢問公之所讀者何言邪？」 |
| Duke Huan, seated above in his hall, was (once) reading a book, and the wheelwright Bian was making a wheel below it. Laying aside his hammer and chisel, Bian went up the steps, and said, 'I venture to ask your Grace what words you are reading?' | |
| 《商君書·定分》: | 主法令之吏有遷徙物故，輒使學者讀法令所謂，為之程式，使數日而知法令之所謂。 |
| In the eventuality of these officers, who preside over the law, being transferred or dying, students should be made to read the contents of the law and a standard of knowledge should be fixed for them, so that, within a certain number of days, they should know the contents of the law. | |
| 《詩經·牆有茨》: | 中冓之言、不可讀也。 |
| The story of the inner chamber Cannot be recited. | |
| 《荀子·勸學》: | 曰：其數則始乎誦經，終乎讀禮。 |
| 《說苑·雜言》: | 孔子困於陳、蔡之間，居環堵之內，席三經之席，七日不食，藜羹不糝，弟子皆有饑色，讀詩書治禮不休。 |
| 《春秋繁露·自序》: | 余少好讀董生書，初得凌氏注本，惜其稱引繁博，義蘊未究。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 子夏讀詩已畢。 |
| 《大戴禮記·保傅》: | 食以禮，徹以樂，失度則史書之，工誦之，三公進而讀之，宰夫減其膳，是天子不得為非也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·諫諍》: | 《禮保傅》曰：「王失度，則史書之，工誦之，三公進讀之，宰夫撤其膳。」 |
| 《新書·保傅》: | 食以禮，徹以樂，失度則史書之，工誦之，三公進而讀之，宰夫減其膳，是天子不得為非也。 |
| 《新序·雜事二》: | 宣王大驚，立發隱書而讀之，退而惟之，又不能明。 |
| 《中論·佚文》: | 今夫無德而居富之民，宜治於人且食人者也，役使奴婢，不勞筋力，目喻頤指，從容垂拱，雖懷忠信之士，讀聖哲之書，端委執笏，列在朝位者，何以加之 |
| 《孔子家語·好生》: | 孔子讀史，至楚復陳，喟然歎曰：「賢哉楚王！」 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 王欲宣其義，必先讀其智。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 武帝探策得十八，因讀曰八十，其後果用耆長。 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 夫不讀《詩》、《書》、《易》、《春秋》，則不知聖人之心，又無以別堯舜之禪、湯武之伐也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 臣伏讀聖旨，雖周成遇風，訊諸執事，宣王遭旱，密勿祗畏，無以或加。 |
| 《列仙傳·朱仲》: | 仲讀購書笑曰：「直值汝矣。」 |
| 《韓非子·內儲說下》: | 大夫種受書讀之，太息而歎曰：「殺之，越與吳同命。」 |
| 《淮南子·道應訓》: | 桓公讀書於堂，輪扁斫輪於堂下。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·察傳》: | 子夏之晉，過衛，有讀史記者曰：「晉師三豕涉河。」 |
| 《尹文子·大道下》: | 田子讀書，曰：「堯時太平。」 |
| 《史記·周本紀》: | 周太史伯陽讀史記曰：「周亡矣。」 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 晉侯之弟揚干，亂行於曲梁，魏絳戮其僕，晉侯怒謂羊舌赤曰，合諸侯以為榮也，揚干為戮，何辱如之，必殺魏絳，無失也，對曰，絳無貳志，事君不辟難，有罪不逃刑，其將來辭，何辱命焉，言終，魏絳至，授僕人書，將伏劍，士魴，張老，止之，公讀其書曰，日君乏使，使臣斯司馬，臣聞師眾以順為武，軍事有死無犯為敬，君合諸侯，臣敢不敬，君師不武，執事不敬，罪莫大焉，臣懼其死，以及揚干，無所逃罪，不能致訓，至於用鉞，臣之罪重，敢有不從，以怒君心，請歸死於司寇，公跣而出，曰，寡人之言，親愛也，吾子之討，軍禮也，寡人有弟，弗能教訓，使干大命，寡人之過也，子無重寡人之過，敢以為請，晉侯以魏絳為能，以刑佐民矣，反役，與之禮食，使佐新軍，張老為中軍司馬，士富為候奄。 |
| 《逸周書·朱右曾序》: | 凡所訓解悉本前儒而以校訂音釋附焉爰名之曰集訓校釋屬●於道光丁酉又經陽湖同年丁侍讀嘉葆太倉陸孝廉麟書同里葛廣文其仁商榷輒復隨手更定蓋再易●矣今夏案牘餘閒念心力之頗耗感良朋之匡正付之梓人譬左氏傳亦欲待服杜諸儒出而論定云時道光二十有六年丙午夏六月既望識於新安郡齋。 |
| 《國語·晉語七》: | 仆人授公，公讀書曰：「臣誅于揚干，不忘其死。」 |
| 《越絕書》: | 聖得記，發而讀之，伏地而泣，有頃不起。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 讀書欲睡，引錐自刺其股，血流至足。 |
| 《鹽鐵論·散不足》: | 賢良曰：「孔子讀史記，喟然而歎，傷正德之廢，君臣之危也。」 |
| 《列女傳·齊鍾離春》: | 宣王大驚，立發隱書而讀之，退而推之，又未能得。 |
| 《春秋穀梁傳》: | 葵丘之會，陳牲而不殺，讀書加於牲上，壹明天子之禁，曰：「毋雍泉，毋訖糴，毋易樹子，毋以妾為妻，毋使婦人與國事！」 |
| 《春秋公羊傳》: | 前此者有事矣，後此者有事矣，則曷為讀於此焉譏？ |
| 《漢書·敘傳上》: | 每奏事，斿以選受詔進讀群書。 |
| 《前漢紀》: | 上讀之未嘗不稱善。 |
| 《東觀漢記·高鳳》: | 高鳳，南陽人，誦讀晝夜不絕聲。 |
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