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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 |
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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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