Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to teach; to instruct
to tell; to inform; to show
to preach
to read
to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
Now mostly used in idioms
to count; to estimate
Also written as ่จใ
to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
training; drill; practice; discipline
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
special training; intensive training; crash course
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
Suffix
precept; lesson; one's teachings
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