読み
よみ · yomi · JLPT N3 · noun
reading
📖 読 = 言 words + 売 sell: a reading is words a writer sells you
読み is the noun form of the verb 読む (yomu, to read). The kanji's left side 言 is the speech radical, used in many word-related kanji. 読み also means a kanji's reading, as in on'yomi and kun'yomi.