Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 6
読 read
- Meaning
- read
- On reading
- ドク
- Kun reading
- よ(む)
Memory hook
言 (words) beside 売 (sell): the words a seller puts on a sign, for you to read. ドク in compounds, よ(む) on its own.
Words that use 読
読む
よむ
to read
読書
どくしょ
reading
How to write 読
Stroke order · 14 strokes
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- 1. A short dot.
- 2 to 4. Horizontal.
- 5. Vertical.
- 6. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 7 to 8. Horizontal.
- 9. Vertical.
- 10. Horizontal.
- 11. A short dot.
- 12. Horizontal.
- 13. The sweep down to the left.
- 14. Vertical, then turn across to the right, ending in a hook.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
読 is taught on day 25 of the kanji course, alongside 聞 書 話, with two writing passes and a short quiz.