読 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」
道9Elementary year 2 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」
- On
- ドク
- Kun
- よ(む)
- Meaning
- to read
Origin
言 (speech) + 売 (the sound) → reading aloud.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ドク | 読書・音読・購読 |
|---|---|
| トク | 読本 |
| トウ | 読点・句読点 |
| よむ | 読む・読み Compare: 詠む |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 読書どくしょ
reading
- 読み方よみかた
how to read
Example
本を 読みます。
I read a book.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)