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
- —読者の声reader feedback (to author, magazines, etc.); reader's voice; readers' forum; mail from readers
- —符号解読decoding
- —熟読玩味reading carefully with appreciation
- —一読三嘆a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
- —一読呆然a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded
- —読書三到using mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully
- —読書三余winter, night, and rainy weather; the ideal conditions for reading
- —読書百遍repeated reading (makes the meaning clear); reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning)
- —解読キーdecryption key
- —予約購読subscription
- —朗読ＣＤaudiobook on a CD-ROM
- —再読文字single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts
- —読書尚友by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends
- —読字障害dyslexia; paralexia; reading disorder
- —機械可読machine-readable
- —読書の秋autumn, the best season for reading
- —人間可読human-readable
- —既読無視reading but not responding to a text message (in a chat application); leaving (someone) on read
- —未読無視ignoring a text message by leaving it unopened and marked as "unread" (in online chatting)
- —公認読手certified reader (comp. karuta); certified reciter