Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification

    私はその筆跡を判読できなかった。
    I couldn't make out the writing.
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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

judgement, judgment, signature, stamp, seal

Kun
わか.る
On
ハンバン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
197 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
2f5.2The Kanji Dictionary
9250.0Four corner code
1043deroo
5224Unicode hex code
1-40-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
673Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
465New Nelson (John Haig)
1122New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1441Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
765Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1038Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1205Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1289Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
291A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
434Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
497Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1923Morohashi
769A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1026Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1065Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
860sakade
354Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
790henshall3
673Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
187crowley
899Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
187Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1213Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pan4Pinyin reading
panKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

read

Kun
よ.む-よ.み
On
ドクトクトウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
618 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

よみ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7a7.9The Kanji Dictionary
0461.2Four corner code
3057deroo
8aadUnicode hex code
1-38-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4375Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5629New Nelson (John Haig)
1541New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1943Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1038Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1401Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
348Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
372Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
484A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2142Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
55Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35580PMorohashi
189A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
244Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
244Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123sakade
88Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
206henshall3
233Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
323crowley
180Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
1689Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
354Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
du2, dou4Pinyin reading
dog, duKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level