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読 : Read

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Components:
言売

read

On 'yomi:
ドク(doku) トク(toku) トウ(tou)
Kun 'yomi:
よ.む(yo.mu) -よ.み(yo.mi)
Nanori:
よみ(yomi)
Strokes:14
Radical:言 (149)
Usage Rating:618
JLPT:N5
old JLPT:4
Grade:2
Unicode:08aad
jis208:38-41
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読 Usage examples

購読者(こうどくしゃ)subscriber, reader, buyer
一読の価値が有る(いちどくのかちがある)
一読の価値がある(いちどくのかちがある)
to be worth reading
音で読む(おんでよむ)to read kanji in the on reading
読者の声(どくしゃのこえ)readers voice
読解力(どっかいりょく)reading comprehension, ability to read and understand
必読書(ひつどくしょ)must-read (book), required reading
人の心を読む(ひとのこころをよむ)to guess what a person is thinking
再び読む(ふたたびよむ)to reread, to read again
回し読み(まわしよみ)reading a book in turn
読み上げ算(よみあげざん)having the figures read aloud by another person, calculation by abacus
読み終わる(よみおわる)
読み終る(よみおわる)
to finish reading, to read through
読みづらい(よみづらい)
読み辛い(よみづらい)
hard to read
読み損じる(よみそんじる)to fail to read correctly
読みつける(よみつける)
読み付ける(よみつける)
読付ける(よみつける)
to be accustomed to reading
読み良い(よみいい)
読みいい(よみいい)
読みよい(よみいい)
easy to read
符号解読(ふごうかいどく)decoding
読み取り機(よみとりき)
読取機(よみとりき)
読み取り器(よみとりき)
読取り機(よみとりき)
読取器(よみとりき)
読取り器(よみとりき)
(computer) reader, reading device
失読症(しつどくしょう)dyslexia
深読み(ふかよみ)reading too much into (what ... says)
空で読む(そらでよむ)
そらで読む(そらでよむ)
recite from memory
読み掛ける(よみかける)
読掛ける(よみかける)
読みかける(よみかける)
to begin to read, to leaf through a book
読み仮名(よみがな)
読みがな(よみがな)
kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji, furigana
熟読玩味(じゅくどくがんみ)reading carefully with appreciation, giving (something) a careful perusal
返読点(へんどくてん)word-order marks used to assist reading of Chinese classics
読み下し文(よみくだしぶん)transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese
一読三嘆(いちどくさんたん)
一読三歎(いちどくさんたん)
a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
一読呆然(いちどくぼうぜん)a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded
読書三到(どくしょさんとう)using mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully
読書三余(どくしょさんよ)winter, night, and rainy weather, the ideal conditions for reading
読書百遍(どくしょひゃっぺん)Repeated reading (makes the meaning clear), Reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning)
既読(きどく)already read
流し読み(ながしよみ)skimming (a book, etc.)
読み札(よみふだ)
読札(よみふだ)
cards with words or phrases written on them, used in Japanese karuta games
門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む(もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ)you learn, without realising it, from what is around you, a young monk outside the gate can read sutras he has never studied
難読語(なんどくご)difficult word
慣用読み(かんようよみ)reading of a word or kanji using its customary pronunciation (which is not necessarily correct)
論語読みの論語知らず(ろんごよみのろんごしらず)a mere scholar, unable to practically use what he has learned, someone who knows a theory, but cannot apply it