Word Meaning 読んで字の如く

よんでじのごとく yondeji no gotoku

読んで字の如く is read as よんでじのごとく (yondeji no gotoku) and means literally.

Meaning

English

  1. literally
  2. self-explanatorily

Reading

Kana

よんでじのごとく

Romaji

yondeji no gotoku

Writing Variants

  • 読んで字のごとく よんでじのごとく yondejinogotoku

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 120234 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

読字障害

どくじしょうがい

dyslexia

句読文字

くとうもじ

punctuation character

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

文字読み

もじよみ

reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters

読解く

よみとく

to decipher

読み応え

よみごたえ

worthwhile reading