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今日の漢字
Grade 2JLPT N5

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14 strokes · frequency rank #618

On
ドク、トク、トウ
Kun
よ.む、-よ.み

Stroke order

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Common words

  1. どくしゃreader1
    • The readers of that book think themselves sophisticated.

    • This book is suitable for general readers.

    • He is popular among general readers.

  2. どくしょreading (books)2
    • I have no leisure for reading.

    • I like reading books.

    • He got tired of reading.

  3. つんどくbuying books and not reading them; stockpiling books; tsundoku3
  4. よみreading4
    • I cannot finish reading this thick book in a week.

    • He read the book from cover to cover.

    • This book is surprisingly easy to read, isn't it?

  5. よみうりYomiuri (newspaper, etc. group)5
  6. ひつどくmust-read; required reading6
  7. あいどくreading with pleasure7
    • This book is popular with students.

    • Ogai is his favorite author.

    • I like her novel.

  8. ろうどくreading aloud; recitation8
    • He read the poem in a monotone.

    • The teacher noted several mistakes in my recitation.

  9. かいどくdeciphering; decoding9
    • I don't have a decryption program.

    • A potential third party would not be able to crack the code.

    • Where a painting's general sense seems clear, moreover, the exact decoding of its content remains in doubt.

  10. よむto read10
    • Have you ever read Milton's works?

    • I could not even make a guess at the working of her mind.

    • My mind is quite accustomed to reading music, but deciphering secret codes is not its forte.

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