Today’s first #kanji is #読, which is made of #ごんべん(言) and 売 (to sell). Its original form is 讀 and 読 is apparently its simplified form.
Meaning: to read
Reading: ドク(ドッ)、トク、トウ、よ
読書(ドクショ): reading (a book)
読解(ドッカイ): reading comprehension
音読(オンドク): oral reading, reading aloud
黙読(モクドク): silent reading
購読(コウドク): buying a book; subscription
読本(トクホン): a textbook, a guidebook, a manual
読点(トウテン): a Japanese comma (、)
読む(よむ): to read
音読み(オンよみ): an on reading – reading of a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation(s)
訓読み(クンよみ): a kun reading – the reading of a kanji character by the native Japanese equivalent
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