Memory phrase for the character: 読


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Meaning

read

Pronunciation

DOKU, TOKU
yomu

Explanation

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

Mnemonic


 
Words are sold, for being read.

Radicals

word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
to sell
moving feetRadical: hitoashi




 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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