| 读 | dú | to read out; to read aloud / to read / to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce |
| 读 | dòu | comma / phrase marked by pause |
| 逗 | dòu | to tease (playfully); to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny; amusing / to stay; to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) |