読
read
14 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 618.
Readings
- よむ (kun reading): 読む (よむ) to read; 読売 (よみうり) Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)
- ドク (on reading): 読書 (どくしょ) reading (books); 読者 (どくしゃ) reader
- よみ (kun reading): 読み (よみ) reading; 読み込む (よみこむ) to read thoroughly
- トウ (on reading): 句読点 (くとうてん) punctuation mark; 読点 (とうてん) comma
- トク (on reading): 読本 (とくほん) reading-book; 副読本 (ふくとくほん) supplementary reader
Components
Words using 読
- 読む (よむ) to read
- 読売 (よみうり) Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)
- 読売新聞 (よみうりしんぶん) Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
- 読売ジャイアンツ (よみうりジャイアンツ) Yomiuri Giants (Japanese pro baseball team)
- 読売新聞社 (よみうりしんぶんしゃ) Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
- 読書 (どくしょ) reading (books)
- 読者 (どくしゃ) reader
- 朗読 (ろうどく) reading aloud
- 解読 (かいどく) deciphering
- 購読 (こうどく) buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.)
- 読み (よみ) reading
- 読み込む (よみこむ) to read thoroughly
- 読み方 (よみかた) pronunciation
- 読み上げる (よみあげる) to read out
- 読み取る (よみとる) to read and understand
- 句読点 (くとうてん) punctuation mark
- 読点 (とうてん) comma
- 句読 (くとう) breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
- 句読法 (くとうほう) punctuation rules
- 湯桶読み (ゆとうよみ) mixed kun-on kanji reading
- 読本 (とくほん) reading-book
- 副読本 (ふくとくほん) supplementary reader
- 読経 (どきょう) sutra chanting
- 吏読 (りと) Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
316 words in all.