Info on the Kanji 読

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What is this? "読"

Meaning(s)

read

Reading(s)

onyomi DOKU, TOKU, TOU
kunyomi yo-mu

Other

stroke count 14
grade 2
jlpt level N5
Example words with 読
WordMeaning
いちどく
ichidoku
perusal / one reading
したどく
shita doku
preparatory reading / lesson study / rehearsal
がつどく
gatsu doku
nickname for the moon / tsukuyomi
よみ
yomi
reading
よむ
yomu
to read / to count
どくも
doku mo
reader model / amateur model who appears in fashion magazines
どくご
dokugo
after reading a book
どくしょ
dokusho
reading
どくほん
dokuhon
reading-book / reader / guidebook / manual / textbook
どくはなし
doku hanashi
lip reading / lipreading / speech reading / speechreading
したよみ
shita yomi
preparatory reading / lesson study / rehearsal
つくよみ
tsukuyomi
nickname for the moon / tsukuyomi
さきよみ
sakiyomi
foreseeing / anticipating / reading the future
みでよみで
yomi de
huge amount of material / richness of content
み出よみしゅつ
yomi shutsu
huge amount of material / richness of content
み人よみにん
yomi nin
author
出しよみだし
yomidashi
reading / readout
書人どくしょにん
dokusho nin
avid reader
ほんよみ
honyomi
script reading / scenario reading / avid reader / bookworm / reading a book / reading books
みとるよみとる
yomi toru
to read mind / to read between the lines / to read / to read
み下しよみくだし
yomi kudashi
reading a text from start to finish / transliterating classical chinese into japanese
み下すよみくだす
yomi kudasu
to transliterate classical chinese into japanese
み出しよみだし
yomidashi
reading / readout
み出すよみだす
yomidasu
to read out / to retrieve
み書きよみかき
yomikaki
reading and writing
そらでそらでよむ
sorade yomu
recite from memory
みかえすよみかえす
yomi kaesu
to reread / to read again
みかけるよみかける
yomi kakeru
to begin to read / to leaf through a book
みつけるよみつける
yomi tsukeru
to be accustomed to reading
みづらいよみづらい
yomi durai
hard to read
みなおすよみなおす
yomi naosu
to read over again
みなれるよみなれる
yomi nareru
to be accustomed to reading
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Example Sentences with 読
彼女は一晩中本をんだ。

本を取ってそれをみなさい。

私はあなたが送ってくれた手紙をんでいました。

食事中本をんだ。



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