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Japanese symbol for “misreading”

Romaji: godoku
misreading; misinterpreting

In Japanese, misreading is , read (godoku).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt misreading; misinterpreting

Kanji and stroke order

mistake, err, do wrong
on: ゴ
kun: あやま.る、-あやま.る
14 strokes · JLPT 2
read
on: ドク、トク、トウ
kun: よ.む、-よ.み
14 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “misreading”

WordReadingMeaning
よみちがえ yomichigaemisreading
よみちがい yomichigaimisreading

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ごかい gokaimisunderstanding
あやまり ayamarierror; mistake; slip
ごさ gosameasurement error; calculation error
しこうさくご shikousakugotrial and error
ごじ gojimisprint; misspelling; typo
ごほう gohoufalse report; incorrect report; misinformation
よみ yomireading
よむ yomuto read

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.