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念

niàn

to read aloud

A person reading from a scroll
Memory picture

Character

念 niàn

Strokes
8
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
今 modern, current 心 heart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我念中文。 Wǒ niàn Zhōng wén. I read Chinese aloud.
  • 他念课文。 Tā niàn kè wén. He reads the text aloud.
  • 她念我的名字。 Tā niàn wǒ de míng zi. She says my name aloud.

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