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読 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. よむ。文章を一句一句区切りながら、声に出すこと。
  2. （日本）推察する。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「讀」の草書に由来する略体（賣→売の類推）。「讀」については讀#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

read

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ドクElem.
  • トクElem.
  • トウElem.
Kun (native)
  • よ(む)Elem.
  • 〜よ(み)
Nanori (used in names)
  • よみ
Other languages
  • 拼音du2
  • 拼音dou4
  • 한글dog
  • 한글du
  • Hán-ViệtĐậu
  • Hán-ViệtĐộc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 4
Unicode
U+8AAD

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言売

Words using this kanji

  • 読者どくしゃ書籍や新聞などを読む人。reader
  • 読書どくしょ書（本・書籍）を読む行為。reading (books)
  • 読みよみ「よみ」を参照。reading, reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading), reading (e.g. of a situation), insight
  • 読売よみうりYomiuri (newspaper, etc. group), kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper), yomiuri
  • 読むよむよむ 参照to read, to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant, to predict
  • 読み方よみかたpronunciation, reading (e.g. of a kanji), way of reading (out loud), interpretation (e.g. of a text)
  • 読み物よみもの「よみもの」の漢字表記。reading matter, reading material
  • 読み取りよみとりreading (e.g. by a scanner)
  • 読み書きよみかき「よみかき」の漢字表記。reading and writing
  • 読み上げるよみあげる「よみあげる」を参照。to read out, to read aloud, to call out, to finish reading
  • 読本とくほん（よみほん、とくほん）読んで習うべき書物。 （よみほん）江戸時代、読むことを主体とした小説。 （とくほん、どくほん）第二次世界大戦まで小学校の国語教育で使用された教科書。reading-book, reader, guidebook, manual
  • 読み返すよみかえすto reread, to read again
  • 読みにくいよみにくいhard to read, illegible
  • 読み取るよみとるto read and understand, to take in, to sense from external cues, to read (someone's) mind
  • 読み手よみてreader (person), person who reads the cards (in karuta games), composer (of a poem)
  • 読経どきょう声を出して経典を読むこと。誦経。sutra chanting
  • 読みきるよみきるto finish reading, to read through, to figure out, to fully anticipate
  • 読み聞かせるよみきかせるto read aloud, to read to someone
  • 読解どっかい文章を読んでその内容を理解すること。reading comprehension
  • 読み上げ算よみあげざんhaving the figures read aloud by another person, calculation by abacus

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

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