Keyword
read
- Frequency
- #618
- Strokes
- 14
- Grade
- 2
- JLPT (old)
- N4
- Heisig
- 372
Readings
よ54%
ドク38%
トク4%
トウ4%
Mnemonic
A pushy seller can say anything to sell you a phone, so you slow down and read every line of the contract.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
読み
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight; judgment; interpretation; prediction; calculation
Noun
読む
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine; to pronounce; …
Godan verb
購読
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
Noun
読み方
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
Noun
立ち読み
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
Noun
読み取る
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code); to read (out)
Godan verb
読める
to be able to read; to be legible; to be decipherable; to be readable (text, etc.); to read well; to understand; to divine; to perceive; to see
Ichidan verb