読
よ.む
yomu
JLPT N514 strokesKanjiLevel 9 - JLPT N5
Quick answer
読 is the kanji for "Read". A common reading is よ.む (yomu). You can practice writing it on this page.
Meaning
Read
Also : Recite · Reading · Pronounce
Readings
kunよ.む/ yomukunよ.み/ yomionどく/ dokuonとく/ tokuonとう/ tou
kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading
Practice writing
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Memory Aid
Meaning ·
The speech radical (言) with an added component for reaching out — the mouth reaches toward written text, giving voice to silent words on the page.
Reading ·
よむ (yomu) sounds like 'yo-moo' — yo, the cow reads its own moo sounds aloud.
Example Sentences
毎晩、本を読みます。
まいばん、ほんをよみます。
I read a book every evening.
毎朝新聞を読みます。
まいあさしんぶんをよみます。
I read the newspaper every morning.
Vocabulary using 読
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