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N5 Kanji 102: 読
Meaning of kanji 読:
In Japanese, 読 means “to read”.
How to read kanji 読:
| Kunyomi | よ |
| Onyomi | どく |
How to write kanji 読:
Origin of kanji 読:
読＝言＋売
言 means “to say”，売 means “to sell”.
When you read something, you need to say it aloud, just like you are selling some thing.
So 読 stands for “to read”.
Vocabulary containing kanji 読:
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 読む | よむ | to read |
| 読者 | どくしゃ | reader |
| 読み取る | よみとる | to read |
| 読書 | どくしょ | reading books |
| 解読 | かいどく | decipher |
| 朗読 | ろうどく | recitation |
| 読み上げる | よみあげる | to read aloud |
| 読み書き | よみかき | reading and writing |
| 読み込む | よみこむ | to read into |
| 購読 | こうどく | subscribe |
| 愛読 | あいどく | love reading |
| 読み物 | よみもの | reading material |
| 読解 | どっかい | reading comprehension |
| 読み直す | よみなおす | to reread |
| 音読 | おんどく | reading aloud |
| 句読点 | くとうてん | punctuation marks |
| 立ち読み | たちよみ | browsing |
| 通読 | つうどく | read through |
| 音読み | おんよみ | onyomi |
| 訓読み | くんよみ | kunyomi |
| 棒読み | ぼうよみ | read in a monotone |
| 秒読み | びょうよみ | countdown |
Example Sentences of kanji 読:
| 本を読む暇がありません。 I don’t have time to read. 料理の本を読んでいる女の子はケートです。 The girl reading a cookbook is Kate. この本は若い読者にも理解できる。 This book is within the capacity of young readers. 彼女は何よりも読書が好きだ。 She likes reading better than anything else. 私は解読プログラムを持っていません。 I don’t have a decryption program. |
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