漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
読: read
JLPT N514 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 売 gives the sound
14 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
ドクdoku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 読者どくしゃreader
- 読書どくしょreading
- 読解力どっかいりょくreading ability
トクtoku · on'yomi
- 読本とくほんa reading primer
トウtou · on'yomi
- 読点とうてんcomma
よむyomu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 読むよむread
- 読売新聞よみうりしんぶんYomiuri (newspaper)
-よみ-yomi · kun'yomi
- 立ち読みするたちよみするbrowse in a bookstore
- 読み方よみかたway of reading
- 読み直すよみなおすread something over again
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read トク
8 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side読 read · 売
vs誌 document · 志In ChineseSimplified 读 · traditional 讀 · dú
Three different forms: Japanese 読, simplified 读, traditional 讀.
- Simplified
- 读 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 讀 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dú most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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