to read and understand; to take in
to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind
to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code); to read (out)
この文章の意味が読み取れません。
I can't understand the meaning of this sentence.
彼の表情から気持ちを読み取った。
I read his feelings from his facial expression.
グラフからデータを読み取ります。
I will read the data from the graph.