読
ドク, トク, トウ, よ.む, よ.み, よみ
read
JLPT5 G2 S14 F618
As per ?# as described in
續
(pass along) + 言 words → knowledge transmitted via a communal *reading* → *read*. For the transmission of knowledge, compare
牘
.
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