Word Meaning 文字読み

もじよみ mojiyomi

文字読み is read as もじよみ (mojiyomi) and means reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters.

Meaning

English

  1. reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters
  2. reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning

Reading

Kana

もじよみ

Romaji

mojiyomi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 120283 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

再読文字

さいどくもじ

single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts

句読文字

くとうもじ

punctuation character

文選読み

もんぜんよみ

reading kanbun by pronouncing a word with its on reading followed by its kun reading

文字

もじ

writing

文字通り

もじどおり

literal

文読む月日

ふみよむつきひ

A Calendar of Wisdom (book by Tolstoi)

文字盤

もじばん

keyboard (on a typewriter, etc.)