Kanji1 / 14
読 kanji
read
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ドクトクトウ
Kun readings
よむ-よみ
Variant forms
讀Words with 読
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —侍読imperial tutor
- —熟読careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal
- —精読careful reading; close reading; intensive reading
- —多読wide reading; extensive reading
- —代読reading for another
- —読解reading comprehension
- —読経sutra chanting
- —読破reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
- —難読difficult to read (kanji, name, etc.); having difficult-to-read kanji
- —拝読reading
- —判読decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
- —併読reading (two or more books, etc.) at the same time; subscribing to multiple newspapers
- —奉読respectful reading
- —未読unread
- —黙読reading silently
- —読誦reading aloud; recitation; intoning
- —味読reading with appreciation; savouring (a book); enjoying
- —通読reading through; reading over
- —輪読reading in turns
- —回読read in turn; circulate a book (among friends)