読 Kanji – read
The Japanese kanji 読 can mean read.
Meaning and Readings
How is 読 read?
読 has the onyomi readings ドク, トク, トウ and the kunyomi readings よむ, -よみ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as doku, toku, tou, yomu, yomi.
Common Japanese Words Using 読
These common Japanese words contain 読. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 愛読（あいどく） — reading with pleasure
- 音読（おんどく） — reading aloud
- 音読み（おんよみ） — on reading, on'yomi, Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
- 解読（かいどく） — deciphering, decoding
- 句読点（くとうてん） — punctuation mark
- 訓読み（くんよみ） — kun reading, kun'yomi, native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
- 購読（こうどく） — buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.), subscribing (incl. free subscriptions), taking (e.g. newspaper)
- 読み（よみ） — reading
- 読み書き（よみかき） — reading and writing
- 読み上げる（よみあげる） — to read out, to read aloud, to call out