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The kanji 読: meaning, readings and stroke order
読
- Meaning
- read
- On reading
- ドク doku、トク toku、トウ* tou
- Kun reading
- よ（む） yomu
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 言 speech
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
- Old form
- 讀
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đọc (độc)
- Japanese
- よむ。
- Korean
- 읽다 (독·두)
- Chinese
- 读
Readings, words and example sentences
ドク doku · on reading
読書
reading books
秋は 読書の 時間が ふえます。
In fall, I spend more time reading.
トク toku · on reading · less common
読本
reader, reading book
古い 読本を 見つけました。
I found an old reading book.
よ（む） yomu · kun reading
読む
read
毎日 本を 読みます。
I read books every day.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 読 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 読 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.