Kanji
N5 14 strokes Grade 2 freq #618

read

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

speech gen

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

reader
reading (books)
reading aloud; recitation
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions)
reading with pleasure
deciphering; decoding
reading-book; reader
sutra chanting
supplementary reader

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

buying books and not reading them; stockpiling books
reading
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji)
countdown
reading matter; reading material
reading (e.g. by a scanner)
reading and writing
to read out; to read aloud
estimation of votes (in an election)

Example sentences

These books are not fit for young readers.

This poem calls for great insight from the reader.

He sat reading, with his wife knitting a pair of gloves beside him.

He was tired from reading.