読

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 讀 (賣 → 売)

読 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口土月山 (YRGBU), composition ⿰訁売)

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1165, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35580
• Dae Jaweon: page 1630, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3973, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8AAD

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 讀)

1. to read
2. (とう) phrase, clause, part of a sentence, e.g. 読点 (lit. "clause mark", i.e. comma)

From Middle Chinese 讀 (MC duwk); compare Mandarin 讀／读 (dú):

• Go-on: どく (doku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: とく (toku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 讀／读 (dòu):

• Go-on: ず (zu)^{←づ (du, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō ^†)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: よむ (yomu, 読む, Jōyō); とまる (tomaru, 読まる); よみ (yomi, 読み); よめる (yomeru, 読める)
• Nanori: おと (oto); とみ (tomi); よし (yoshi); よみ (yomi)