读
讀dòu
#751 most
frequent character
comma, phrase marked by pause
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
读 has 讠 spoken language as its meaning part and 卖 yù as its sound part. It first meant understanding by reading; in the past people read aloud, so it grew to mean reading out loud and then studying. The 卖 here is not the 'sell' word but an old sound part, shortened from 𧷏.
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