Kanji Detail for 讀 - "read, punctuation, perceive, reading"

讀

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
讀 means "read, punctuation, perceive, reading."
1. Read - To decipher; to peruse a book.
2. Punctuation - A mark separating sentences.
3. Perceive - To discern; to see through (Japanese usage).
4. Reading - The pronunciation of a character (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

read; study; pronounce

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

read, study; pronounce

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

comma; phrase marked by pause

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

All reciting texts is called 讀. Meaning going through character by character, sentence by sentence carefully. Such as 熟讀 (read thoroughly), 拜讀 (read respectfully). | 句讀 (judou). In texts, a complete stop is called 句. A half stop is called 讀. Meaning where one must pause when reading.
Onyomi

doku(どく)

toh(とう)

toku(とく)
Kunyomi

yo.mu(よむ)
Strokes

22 strokes
Radical

言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)
Related Keywords
read decipher peruse book punctuation mark separating sentences perceive discern see reading pronunciation character