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文读

wén dú

2-character word Traditional 文讀

What 文读 means

1. literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

The characters in 文读

• 文wénlanguage; culture; writing
• 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)

Sounds the same

Read wén dú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 文牍paperwork; official documents and letters; (old) secretary