単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#279 most used

読む

よむ1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

to read

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

Please read this book.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

Are you through reading this book?

from Tatoeba · bunbuku

MEANINGS

1

to read

godan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

2

to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant

godan verb · transitive

3

to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

godan verb · transitive

4

to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

godan verb · transitive

5

to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)

godan verb · transitive

6

to count; to estimate

godan verb · transitive

7

to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

godan verb · transitive

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#279 most used

Written読む only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium