朗読
ろうどく · roudoku · JLPT N1 · noun
reading aloud
📢 朗 = clear, bright + 読 = read: read out loud so the words come through clearly
朗 means clear or bright, as in 明朗 (cheerful, open). 読 means read. Together they describe reading text aloud with a clear, audible voice. Recitation is the same act, done from memory.