Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 読


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Meaning

read

Pronunciation

DOKU, TOKU
yomu

Explanation

Left: word (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: to sell (A samurai  with two legs  is behind a sales desk  when: selling.)

Mnemonic

Words are sold, for being read.

Radicals

word, speech(Sound waves above the opened mouth symbolize the spoken word.)
to sell
moving feet(Radical: hitoashi)
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Vocabulary

音読み おんよみ On yomi (kanji reading)
読本 とくほん reading book
読む よむ to read, to count, to guess
読書 どくしょ reading
訓読み くんよみ kun-yomi (Japanese reading of character)
句読点 くとうてん punctuation marks
朗読 ろうどく reading aloud, recitation
読み上げる よみあげる to read out loud (and clearly)/to call a roll
講読 こうどく reading, translation


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