Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    reading the first character of each line of a horizontally written text (to reveal a hidden word or message); reading acrostically

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward

Kun
たて
On
ジュウ
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1258 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-6-10SKIP code
6a10.2The Kanji Dictionary
2898.1Four corner code
2770deroo
7e26Unicode hex code
1-29-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3597Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4571New Nelson (John Haig)
1408New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1783Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
952Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1286Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1338Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1436Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1383A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1559Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27804PMorohashi
892A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1483Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1580Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1644Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
903henshall3
994Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1300Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1556Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1350Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zong4Pinyin reading
jong, chongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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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