U+8B80 "讀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
讀
U+8B80 "讀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "to read" or "to study," and it also conveys the act of reading aloud, reciting, or perusing text. This character is composed of the radical 言 (speech) on the left, indicating its connection to language or oral communication, and the phonetic component 賣 (sell) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation in Mandarin as "dú." Widely used in both classical and modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, "讀" appears in words like 讀書 (dúshū, to read a book) and 閱讀 (yuèdú, reading), reflecting its fundamental role in literacy and learning across East Asian cultures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8B80 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 讀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 讀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAE 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8B80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008B80 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8b80 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C5AA |
| kCCCII | 21594A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7B74 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7B74 |
| kCangjie | YRGWC |
| kCantonese | duk6 |
| kCihaiT | 1257.305 |
| kCowles | 4258 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1649.090 |
| kDefinition | read, study; pronounce |
| kEACC | 21594A |
| kFanqie | 田候 徒谷 |
| kFenn | 864C |
| kFennIndex | 534.06 567.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0468.6 |
| kGB1 | 2233 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 1023m |
| kHangul | 독:0E 두:0N |
| kHanYu | 64029.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | dú(432) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64029.010:dú,dòu |
| kHKGlyph | 3864 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1649.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64029.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1185.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3641 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C5AA |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6C26 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D6BE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5441 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7B74 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6765 |
| kJapanese | トク ドク トウ ズ よむ |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | YOMU |
| kJapaneseOn | TOKU TOU DOKU |
| kJis0 | 7606 |
| kKangXi | 1185.270 |
| kKorean | TOK TWU |
| kLau | 621 |
| kMandarin | dú |
| kMatthews | 6521 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3583 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024829 |
| kMorohashi | 36088 |
| kNelson | 4375 4450 |
| kPhonetic | 1395 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6727+149.7.15 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.15 |
| kSBGY | 449.06 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "读" U+8BFB CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 657.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | dú粵duk6 dòu粵dau6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6236 |
| kTang | *dhuk |
| kTotalStrokes | 22 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | độc |
| kXerox | 243:054 |
| kXHC1983 | 0263.081:dòu 0266.021:dú |