NichiDict

読む

N5
よむ
讀む訓む
[yomu]
Illustration for 読む

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to read

2.GodanTransitive

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

3.GodanTransitive

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

4.GodanTransitive

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

5.GodanTransitive

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

6.GodanTransitive

to count; to estimate

7.GodanTransitive

to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

Examples

寝る前に少し本を読む

I read a little before going to sleep.

彼女の気持ちを読むのは難しい。

It's hard to read her mind.

この漢字をどう読みますか。

How do you read this kanji?