读音

Character by character

• 读dú10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 讀read, study; pronounce
• 音yīn9 strokesHSK 2sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 读音. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 音乐yīn yuèHSK 2

  music

• 声音shēng yīnHSK 2

  voice; sound

• 读dúHSK 1

  to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce

• 读书dú shūHSK 1

  to read a book; to study; to attend school

• 阅读yuè dúHSK 4

  to read; reading

• 读者dú zhěHSK 3

  reader

• 录音lù yīnHSK 3

  to record (sound); sound recording

• 语音yǔ yīnHSK 4

  speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message

• 音乐会yīn yuè huìHSK 2

  concert

• 噪音zào yīnHSK 7

  rumble; noise; static (in a signal)

• 音响yīn xiǎngHSK 7

  sound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system; abbr. for 组合音响

• 口音kǒu yinHSK 7

  voice; accent

• 解读jiě dúHSK 7

  to decipher; to decode; to interpret

• 收音机shōu yīn jīHSK 3

  radio

• 宣读xuān dúHSK 7

  to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)

• 就读jiù dúHSK 7

  to go to school

• 配音pèi yīnHSK 7

  dubbing (filmmaking)

• 音量yīn liàngHSK 6

  loudness; volume

• 音像yīn xiàngHSK 6

  audio and video; audiovisual

• 朗读lǎng dúHSK 5

  to read aloud

• 录音机lù yīn jīHSK 6

  (tape) recording machine; tape recorder

• 音节yīn jiéHSK 2

  syllable

• 攻读gōng dúHSK 7

  to major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree

• 默读mò dúHSK 7

  to read in silence