noun

  1. reading-book, reader, guidebook, manual.
  2. textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook). Original meaning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
読本 とくほん
どく
ほん
読本 どくほん

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)
book, present, main
ホン もと まと (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)