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読 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「言」
On
ドクどく · doku
Kun
よ(む)yo(mu)
Meaning
to read

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

言 (speech) + 売 (the sound) → reading aloud.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onドクどくdoku読書どくしょ音読おんどく購読こうどく
Onトクとくtoku読本とくほん
Onトウとうtō読点とうてん句読点くとうてん
Kunよむyomu読むよむ読みよみ

Compare: 詠む

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 読書どくしょ

    reading

  • 読み方よみかた

    how to read

More words with this kanji

  • 訓読みくんよみ
  • 副読本ふくどくほん
  • 棒読みぼうよみ
  • 朗読ろうどく
  • 黙読もくどく
  • 購読こうどく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

本(ほん)を 読(よ)みます。

I read a book.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

読み方読書読方direct…書to wri…言to say計to mea…記to rec…話to tal…語word毒poison独alone髑a skul…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Reading

Map of radical 言Map of reading ドクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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