JLPT N5
読
Read
Onyomi
ドク (doku), トク (toku)
Kunyomi
よ (yo)
🧠 Memory Mnemonic
🔍 Radical Breakdown
言 (speech) + 兌 (exchange/pleased)
📖 Mnemonic Story
To *read*, you give *speech* (言) to the words, even if it's just in your head. As you *exchange* (兌) meanings and ideas with the text, the story unfolds, almost like you're speaking it aloud to yourself.
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Quick Hint:
Speech exchanged with text
Essential N5 Vocabulary
読む
よむ
To read
読書
どくしょ
Reading (books)
読み方
よみかた
Way of reading
Kanji Practice Quiz
Verify your memory for "読"
本(ほん)を ＿＿＿＿＿ ます。
🎉 正解 / Correct!
解説: 「読む」の丁寧語は「読みます (よみます)」です。
English: The polite form of 'yomu' (to read) is 'yomimasu'.
English: The polite form of 'yomu' (to read) is 'yomimasu'.
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