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聞

聞 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. きく。
  2. うわさ。
  3. においをかぐ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「耳」 + 音符「門」。「きく」を意味する漢語｛聞｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

hear, ask, listen

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ブンElem.
  • モンHS
Kun (native)
  • き(く)Elem.
  • き(こえる)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音wen2
  • 拼音wen4
  • 한글mun
  • Hán-ViệtVăn
  • Hán-ViệtVấn
  • Hán-ViệtVặn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
耳(みみ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 4
Unicode
U+805E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿵門耳

Words using this kanji

  • 聞かすきかすto let (someone) hear, to tell (e.g. a story), to inform (of), to make (someone) listen
  • 聞き手ききてききて 参照hearer, listener, audience, interviewer
  • 聞き書きききがきwriting down what one hears, account of what one hears
  • 聞き取りききとり聞いて理解すること。 詳細は ききとり を参照。listening comprehension, aural comprehension, hearing what others say, gathering information, opinions, etc.
  • 聞こえるきこえる「きこえる」を参照。to be heard, to be audible, to reach one's ears, to sound (like)
  • 聞き取るききとる「ききとる」を参照。to catch (someone's words), to make out, to follow, to understand
  • 聞くきく音を知覚すること。 ものをこと。to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to enquire
  • 聞きなれるききなれるto get used to hearing
  • 聞き入るききいるto listen attentively to, to be absorbed in (listening to)
  • 聞こえきこえ「きこえ」の漢字表記。being able to hear something (clearly), clearness of a sound, reception (e.g. of a radio station), reputation
  • 聞き込みききこみgetting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
  • 聞き役ききやくlistener's role
  • 聞き返すききかえすto listen repeatedly, to listen again, to ask a question in return, to ask again
  • 聞き出すききだすto get (information) out of someone, to extract (information) from someone, to find out (through questioning), to begin listening (to)
  • 聞き込み捜査ききこみそうさ(police) legwork, house-to-house inquiry, canvassing, investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
  • 聞き流すききながすto pay no attention to (while listening), to take no notice of, to ignore, to let go in one ear and out the other
  • 聞き上手ききじょうずbeing a good listener, good listener
  • 聞知ぶんち聞いて知ること。learn of
  • 聞法もんぼう仏法を聴聞すること。hearing the teachings of Buddha
  • 聞きききhearing, audible sound, rumour, rumor

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-8-6
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7712.1
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8e6.1
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1754
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4959