Kanji
読
kanji character
read
読 kanji-読 read
読
Meaning
read
Readings
Kun'yomi
- よむ
- よみ うり Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)
- よみ とり reading (e.g. by a scanner)
- よみ もの reading matter
On'yomi
- どく しゃ reader
- どく しょ reading (books)
- おん どく reading aloud
- ふく とく ほん supplementary reader
- く とう てん punctuation mark
- とう てん comma
- く とう breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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読 者 reader -
読 書 reading (books) -
音 読 reading aloud, reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation -
必 読 must-read, required reading -
読 みreading, reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading)... -
読 むto read, to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant... -
音 読 みon reading, on'yomi, Chinese-derived reading of a kanji -
訓 読 みkun reading, kun'yomi, native Japanese reading of a Chinese character -
立 読 みreading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.), browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it) -
朗 読 reading aloud, recitation -
立 ち読 みreading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.), browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it) -
愛 読 reading with pleasure -
読 み方 pronunciation, reading (e.g. of a kanji), way of reading (out loud)... -
読 売 Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group), kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)... -
読 み書 きreading and writing -
積 読 buying books and not reading them, stockpiling books, tsundoku... - つん
読 buying books and not reading them, stockpiling books, tsundoku... -
積 ん読 buying books and not reading them, stockpiling books, tsundoku... -
秒 読 みcountdown -
読 取 reading (e.g. by a scanner) -
読 物 reading matter, reading material -
解 読 deciphering, decoding -
句 読 点 punctuation mark -
購 読 buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.)... -
読 本 yomihon (type of popular literature from the late Edo period) -
読 取 りreading (e.g. by a scanner) -
読 み取 reading (e.g. by a scanner) -
読 み物 reading matter, reading material -
読 みものreading matter, reading material -
読 手 reader (person), person who reads the cards (in karuta games), composer (of a poem)