to read (look at and interpret written text) / to read (speak aloud written text) / to infer; to speculate / to count

reading / (figuratively) understanding of something, speculation about something

Kyūjitai form of 仮借

Alternative spelling of 宿借り (“hermit crabs”)

the use of 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana) to spell sounds in Old Japanese, irrespective of the kanji's meaning

(historical, offensive) the lowest group in Japan’s caste system during the Edo period

a female given name

(idiomatic) more or less

(education) The 1,026 kanji taught in primary school; a subset of 常用漢字 (じょうようかんじ, jōyō kanji)

smaller kanji historically used as a pronunciation guide, similar to modern furigana