diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/expressions/element-access.ts b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/expressions/element-access.ts
index 3ca1471ae..045bebdf4 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/expressions/element-access.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/frontend/lowering/expressions/element-access.ts
@@ -1321,6 +1321,15 @@ export function lowerRecordKeyRead(
     shape.fields.every((f) => typeEquals(f.type, shape.fields[0]!.type))
   ) {
     declared = shape.fields[0]!.type;
+  } else if (shape.fields.length > 0) {
+    // Fields of different types (`row[key]` with `key: keyof Row`): the
+    // checker types the read as the union of the field types the key can
+    // name. When every declared field surfaces in that union (an arm, or a
+    // union that widens into it), the per-field dispatch wraps each hit
+    // into its arm.
+    const read = lowerer.mapTypeOf(lowerer.typeOf(expr));
+    if (read !== null && read.kind === "union" && recordKeyResultOk(lowerer, shape, read))
+      declared = read;
   }
   // Fields of different types answer a checked-dynamic value where nothing
   // typed the read: in JavaScript, and where the checker types it 'any'
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f2a4c712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}
diff --git a/tests/corpus/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts b/tests/corpus/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a62a5067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Keyed reads of records whose fields have different types, with a key
+// typed as `keyof` the record: the read is the union of the field types.
+interface Book {
+  readonly id: string;
+  readonly title: string;
+  readonly year: number;
+  readonly tags: readonly string[];
+  readonly available: boolean;
+}
+type BookPatch = Partial<Omit<Book, "id">>;
+
+function changedKeys(current: Book, patch: BookPatch): string[] {
+  const changed: string[] = [];
+  for (const key of Object.keys(patch) as (keyof BookPatch)[]) {
+    const before = current[key];
+    const after = patch[key];
+    if (after === undefined) continue;
+    if (Array.isArray(before) && Array.isArray(after)) {
+      if (before.join("|") !== after.join("|")) changed.push(key);
+    } else if (before !== after) changed.push(key);
+  }
+  return changed;
+}
+
+function describe(book: Book, key: keyof Book): string {
+  const value = book[key];
+  if (typeof value === "string") return `${key}: string ${value}`;
+  if (typeof value === "number") return `${key}: number ${value.toFixed(1)}`;
+  if (typeof value === "boolean") return `${key}: boolean ${value ? "yes" : "no"}`;
+  return `${key}: list of ${value.length} [${value.join(", ")}]`;
+}
+
+const book: Book = { id: "b1", title: "Atlas", year: 1999, tags: ["maps", "travel"], available: true };
+console.log(changedKeys(book, { title: "Atlas", year: 2001 }));
+console.log(changedKeys(book, { tags: ["maps", "travel"], available: false }));
+console.log(changedKeys(book, { tags: ["maps"], title: "Atlas II", year: undefined }));
+for (const key of ["id", "title", "year", "tags", "available"] as const) console.log(describe(book, key));
+const keys: (keyof Book)[] = ["year", "tags"];
+const values = keys.map((k) => book[k]);
+console.log(values, values.length);
+console.log(JSON.stringify(Object.fromEntries(keys.map((k) => [k, book[k]]))));
diff --git a/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts.json b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b72eaf8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7400-record-keyof-union-read.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "plain": 2600, "san": 20500 }