読 means “read”

よむ · yomu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

よむ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ドク, トク, トウ

JLPT N5 · Taught in grade 2 · 14 strokes

The story

Words selling their stories to willing eyes: every book is a marketplace of ideas waiting to be discovered.

Used in 読む (yomu, to read) and 読書 (dokusho, reading books)

Words with 読

• 読書 (どくしょ, dokusho): reading (books)

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• 座 sit
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• 見 see
• 行 go
• 来 come

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.