【読】(doku, toku, tou, yomu/ read) Japanese Kanji | JLPT N5

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In this time, I will introduce the Kanji character 読.

How to read

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-readings are
・どく　doku
・とく　toku
・とう　tou

For example,
・読書　どくしょ　doku-sho
It means reading books

・朗読　ろうどく　rou-doku
It means reading aloud
Reading aloud for others to hear.

・黙読　もくどく　moku-doku
It means reading silently

・読点　とうてん　tou-ten
It is comma mark（、）

・句読点　くとうてん　ku-tou-ten
It means punctuation marks, full stop mark and comma mark（。&、）

・読破　どくは　doku-ha
It means finish reading a book

and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next, the kun-reading is
・よ-む　yo-mu

For example,
・読む　よむ　yo-mu
It means read

・一気読み　いっきよみ　ikki yo-mi
To read a book in a short period of time, such as a full-length work or a series of books.
マンガ全巻を一気読みした　まんがぜんかんをいっきよみした　manga zen-kan o ikki yo-mi shita
I read the entire manga in one sitting.

・音読み　おんよみ　on-yo-mi
It is how to read Chinese characters imported from China

・訓読み　くんよみ　kun-yo-mi
It is Japanese readings applied to kanji characters imported from China.

and so on.

③ Special reading

This kanji has no special reading.

Meanings

Next is the meaning of the kanji for "読".
This kanji is used in the next meanings
・read

Radical

And the radical of this character is 言　gon-ben
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

There is no family name that uses the kanji character "読", which is widely used in Japan

Personal name

There are no specific well-known personal names using the Kanji for 読

Place

Next, I will introduce a place name that use the kanji character for 読.
・読谷村　よみたんそん　Yomitan son
The name of a village in Okinawa Prefecture. It is the most populated village in Japan.

Look-alikes

Here are some kanji that are similar to 読
There is no particular kanji that resembles the kanji character for "読".
・続　ぞく、つづ-く　zoku, tsuzu-ku
It means continue

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