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読

read
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingドク、トク、トウ
Kun readingよ.む、-よ.み
JōyōGrade 2
  1. to read
  2. to recite (e.g. a sutra)
  3. to chant
  4. to predict
  5. to guess

Popular Usage

読む句読点

Radicals and components

Radical言speechComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · sell · sale · samurai · paper punch · Miss World · crown (冖) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 372

Compound words

読むよむ
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess
句読点くとうてん
punctuation mark
愛読あいどく
reading with pleasure
音読おんどく
reading aloud; reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
解読かいどく
deciphering; decoding
購読こうどく
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
読みよみ
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight; judgment
読者どくしゃ
reader
読書どくしょ
reading (books)
読売よみうり
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
必読ひつどく
must-read; required reading
朗読ろうどく
reading aloud; recitation
読本とくほん
reading-book; reader; guidebook; manual; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
音読みおんよみ
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
訓読みくんよみ
kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
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); reading
秒読みびょうよみ
countdown
読み物よみもの
reading matter; reading material
積ん読つんどく
buying books and not reading them; stockpiling books; tsundoku; books bought but not read
読み書きよみかき
reading and writing
読み返すよみかえす
to reread; to read again
立ち読みたちよみ
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
読み取りよみとり
reading (e.g. by a scanner)
定期購読ていきこうどく
subscription (e.g. to a magazine)

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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