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Where does “読み” come from?

読み (Japanese) comes from Japanese 読む — to read; to count; to infer; to speculate.

読み (Japanese): reading; speculation

Definitions

  1. reading; speculation

Ancestry of “読み”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese読むto read; to count; to infer; to speculate

Words derived from “読み”

  • 読み切る
  • 音読み
  • 百姓読み
  • 慣用読み
  • 訓読み
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