Info on the Kanji 聞 | What's a Kanji? |
| hear, ask, listen | |
| onyomi | BUN, MON |
| kunyomi | ki-ku, ki-koeru |
| stroke count | 14 |
| grade | 2 |
| jlpt level | N5 |
| Example words with 聞 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 下聞したぶん shita bun | enquiring beforehand / inquiring beforehand |
| 外聞がいぶん gaibun | reputation / respectability / honour / honor |
| 見聞けんぶん kenbun | information / observation |
| 上聞うえぶん ue bun | an imperial hearing |
| 百聞ひゃくぶん hyakubun | hearing a hundred times |
| 聞ききき kiki | hearing / audible sound / rumour / rumor / hearsay / reputation / tasting |
| 聞くきく kiku | to hear / to listen / to ask / to enquire / to query / to smell / to sample fragrance |
| 聞書ぶんかき bun kaki | writing down what one hears / account of what one hears |
| 名聞めいぶん mei bun | reputation |
| 下聞きしたきき shita kiki | enquiring beforehand / inquiring beforehand |
| 見聞きみきき mikiki | information / experience / observation / seeing and hearing |
| 人聞きにんきき nin kiki | reputation / respectability |
| 生聞きなまきき nama kiki | being inattentive |
| 聞えるきえる kie ru | to be heard / to be audible / to be said to be / to be reputed |
| 聞かすきかす kika su | to inform about / to read to / to sing for |
| 聞き書ききかき kiki kaki | writing down what one hears / account of what one hears |
| 聞けるきける kike ru | to tell |
| 聞こえきこえ kiko e | reputation / fame / renown |
| 聞ゆるぶんゆる bun yuru | famous / celebrated |
| 聞外すぶんはずす bun hazusu | to mishear / to stop listening halfway through |
| 聞書きぶんかき bun kaki | writing down what one hears / account of what one hears |
| 聞入るぶんいる bun iru | to listen attentively to / to be lost in |
| また聞きまたきき mata kiki | hearsay / learning by hearsay |
| 聞かせるきかせる kika seru | to read to / to sing for / to inform / to tell / to persuade / to make understand |
| 聞きいるききいる kiki iru | to listen attentively to / to be lost in |
| 聞きたいききたい kiki tai | wanting to hear |
| 聞きとるききとる kiki toru | to catch / to follow / to understand |
| 聞き外すききはずす kiki hazusu | to mishear / to stop listening halfway through |
| 聞き出すききだす kiki dasu | to get information out of a person / to begin listening |
| 聞き書きききかき kiki kaki | writing down what one hears / account of what one hears |
| 聞き入るききいる kiki iru | to listen attentively to / to be lost in |
| 聞こえるきこえる kiko eru | to be heard / to be audible / to be said to be / to be reputed |
| 聞入れるぶんいれる bun ire ru | to grant / to accede / to comply with |
| かいま聞くかいまきく kaima kiku | to get wind of |
| まる聞こえまるきこえ maru kiko e | being able to hear everything |
| 読み聞かすよみきかす yomi kika su | to read to someone |
| 聞えよがしきえよがし kie yogashi | bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard / intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them |
| 聞きあきるききあきる kiki akiru | to be tired of hearing |
| 聞きおぼえききおぼえ kiki oboe | learning by ear / memory of having heard something before |
| 聞きたがるききたがる kiki tagaru | to be curious / to be inquisitive |
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