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听

听 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

open-mouthed laughter, listen to, pound (sterling, lb)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （漢籍）笑う。特にあざ笑う場合に用いられる。
  2. （国字）ポンド（pound）

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「聽」の略体。形声。「𢛳」（「德」の略体）+音符「聖」の略体。「すぐれた人」を意味する漢語｛聖｝を表す字。のち仮借して「きく」を意味する漢語｛聽｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キン
Kun (native)
  • ポンド
  • わら(う)
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音ting1
  • 拼音yin3
  • 한글eun
  • Hán-ViệtDẫn
  • Hán-ViệtNgân
  • Hán-ViệtThệ
  • Hán-ViệtThính
  • Hán-ViệtXính

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+542C

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口斤

Words using this kanji

  • 听ポンドpound (unit of weight), pound (currency), pound sterling（漢籍）笑う。特にあざ笑う場合に用いられる。 （国字）ポンド（pound）

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
6202.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d4.7