PURPOSE: To systematically read KANJI (Chinese character) which can not be read.

CONSTITUTION: This device is provided with an input means 11 for inputting KANA (Japanese syllabary)/KANJI data, KANA/KANJI conversion data, specification data and read retrieval data, etc., a central control means 13 for receiving and processing the data inputted by the input means 11 or the like, a storage means 18 for registering single KANJI data, radical data, compound word Japanese reading data, name data, place name data, etc., retrieval means 13, 16 and 17 for receiving the specification data inputted from the input means 11, specifying the KANJI data registered in the storage means 18 and retrieving the read of the KANJI data and a display means 15 for displaying the read retrieved by the retrieval means 13, 16 and 17.