読 — read
よむ
読
read
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
14 strokes
school
action
U+8AAD
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #618
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #346
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- read
word
よ yo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
とく ・どく toku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
よみ yomi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
とっ ・どっ to Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Components
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 言 (words) gives the meaning. 売 (bai/doku) provides the phonetic doku. To read.