Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to read and understand, to take in.
  2. to sense from external cues, to read (someone's) mind.
  3. to read (calibration, tape, etc.), to scan (bar code), to read (out).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
読み取る よみとる
 
 
 
読みとる よみとる
 
読取る よみとる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

read
よ.む ドク よみ (2nd, N5)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
sell
う.る バイ うり (2nd, N4)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
a net, net-like, radical 122
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
take, fetch, take up
と.る シュ とり (3rd, N3)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)