Word Meaning 読み書き

よみかき yomikaki

読み書き is read as よみかき (yomikaki) and means reading and writing.

Meaning

English

  1. reading and writing

Reading

Kana

よみかき

Romaji

yomikaki

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 6419 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

読書

どくしょ

reading (a book)

読書人

どくしょじん

avid reader

読書百遍意自ずから通ず

どくしょひゃっぺんいおのずからつうず

repeated reading makes the meaning clear

読書感想文

どくしょかんそうぶん

book report

読書百遍

どくしょひゃっぺん

repeated reading (makes the meaning clear)

読書尚友

どくしょしょうゆう

by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends

読書三余

どくしょさんよ

winter, night, and rainy weather

読書会

どくしょかい

reading circle

読書力

どくしょりょく

reading ability

Example Sentences

9

He can read and write.

Tom can't read or write.

Can Tom read and write Japanese?

She can't write or read.

He can both speak and write Russian.

My son can neither read nor write yet.

Is it true that Tom can't read or write?

"Illiterate" means unable to read and write.

For centuries, foreign language teaching focused on reading and writing.