読

See also: 读 and 讀

読 U+8AAD, 読 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AAD ← 説 [U+8AAC] CJK Unified Ideographs 誮 → [U+8AAE]

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)

Traditional	讀
Shinjitai	読
Simplified	读

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 讀 (賣 → 売)

Han character

読 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口土月山 (YRGBU), composition ⿰訁売)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1165, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35580
• Dae Jaweon: page 1630, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3973, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8AAD

Japanese

Shinjitai	読
Kyūjitai	讀

Kanji

読

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 讀)

1. to read
2. (とう) phrase, clause, part of a sentence, e.g. 読点 (lit. "clause mark", i.e. comma)

Readings

From Middle Chinese 讀 (MC duwk); compare Mandarin 讀／读 (dú):

• Go-on: どく (doku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とく (toku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 讀／读 (dòu):

• Go-on: ず (zu)^{←づ (du, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō ^†)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: よむ (yomu, 読む, Jōyō)、とまる (tomaru, 読まる)、よみ (yomi, 読み)、よめる (yomeru, 読める)
• Nanori: おと (oto)、とみ (tomi)、よし (yoshi)、よみ (yomi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 読書(どくしょ) (dokusho): reading (noun/verb)
• 読者(どくしゃ) (dokusha): reader
• 愛読者(あいどくしゃ) (aidokusha): avid reader, book lover
• 速読(そくどく) (sokudoku): speedreading