読 – read

14 strokesTaught in grade 2#618 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 読 means read. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ドク、トク、トウ (doku, toku, tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よ.む、-よ.み (yomu, yomi). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ドク	doku
On’yomi	トク	toku
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	よ.む	yomu
Kun’yomi	-よ.み	yomi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・士・儿・冖.

Words using 読

読むよむto read読みよみreading読書どくしょreading (books)句読点くとうてんpunctuation mark購読こうどくbuying and reading (book, magazine, etc.)朗読ろうどくreading aloud読み上げるよみあげるto read out講読こうどくreading

Example sentences

ミルトンの作品を読んだことがありますか。

Have you ever read Milton's works?

Tatoeba #195029

彼女の心の動きを読むことさえできなかった。

I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.

Tatoeba #94272

私の頭は楽譜を読むようにはよく慣らされて居りますが、どうも暗号を読むには適しません。

My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.

Tatoeba #12281611

Kanji with the same radical

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