Kanji

Level: N5 Strokes: 14

読

Meaning in English

read, lire, leer

Readings

Onyomi: ドク, トク, トウ Kunyomi: よ.む, -よ.み Romaji: doku, toku, tou / yo.mu, -yo.mi

Stroke order

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読

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese ler, ler, lascivamente

Spanish leer, leer, leer

Korean 읽다, 낭송하다, 음흉하게 쳐다보다

French lire, lire, leer

Italian leggere, sbirciare, sbirciare

German lesen, lesen, lügen

Indonesian membaca, lire, leer

★ Vietnamese đọc, lire, leer

Thai read, lire, leer

Related kanji

N5 話 wa / hana.su, hanashi tale, talk, parler N1 請 sei, shin, shou / ko.u, u.keru solicit, invite, ask N3 論 ron / agetsura.u argument, discourse, argumentation N3 談 dan discuss, talk, discuter N2 諸 sho / moro various, many, several N2 課 ka chapter, lesson, section N1 誕 tan nativity, be born, declension N1 詳 shou / kuwa.shii, tsumabi.raka detailed, full, minute N1 該 gai above-stated, the said, that specific

Words with this kanji

N1 講読 koudoku reading N1 購読 koudoku subscription N1 朗読 roudoku reading aloud, recitation N1 読み上げる yomiageru to read out loud (and clearly), to call a roll N2 句読点 kutouten punctuation marks N3 読み yomi reading, way of reading N3 読書 dokusho reading N5 読んでいます yonde imasu am reading N5 読みます yomimasu read

Sentences with this kanji

N5 読みかけの本を机の上に置いたまま出かけた Yomikake no hon o tsukue no ue ni oita mama dekaketa I left leaving the book I was reading on the desk N5 この漢字は読み方が難しいです。 Kono kanji wa yomikata ga muzukashii desu. The reading of this kanji is difficult. N5 この漢字は読めません。 Kono kanji wa yomemasen. I cannot read this kanji. N4 毎日読めば、漢字を覚えられます。 Mainichi yomeba, kanji o oboeraremasu. If you read every day, you can memorize kanji. N4 毎日新聞を読むようにしています。 Mainichi shinbun o yomu you ni shiteimasu. I try to read the newspaper every day. N2 後で読むために資料をコピーしておきます。 Ato de yomu tame ni shiryou o kopii shite okimasu. I will copy the materials to read later. N5 本を読むのが好きです。 Hon o yomu no ga suki desu. I like reading books. N5 昨日買った本をまだ全部読んでいないけど面白そうだよ Kinou katta hon o mada zenbu yonde inai kedo omoshirosou da yo I have not finished the book I bought yesterday but it looks interesting N3 日本語らしい表現を覚えるには、たくさん例文を読むのが大切だと思う Nihongo rashii hyougen o oboeru ni wa, takusan reibun o yomu no ga taisetsu da to omou To learn Japanese-like expressions, I think reading many example sentences is important