Info on the Kanji 聞

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Meaning(s)

hear, ask, listen

Reading(s)

onyomi BUN, MON
kunyomi ki-ku, ki-koeru

Other

stroke count 14
grade 2
jlpt level N5
Example words with 聞
WordMeaning
したぶん
shita bun
enquiring beforehand / inquiring beforehand
がいぶん
gaibun
reputation / respectability / honour / honor
けんぶん
kenbun
information / observation
うえぶん
ue bun
an imperial hearing
ひゃくぶん
hyakubun
hearing a hundred times
きき
kiki
hearing / audible sound / rumour / rumor / hearsay / reputation / tasting
きく
kiku
to hear / to listen / to ask / to enquire / to query / to smell / to sample fragrance
ぶんかき
bun kaki
writing down what one hears / account of what one hears
めいぶん
mei bun
reputation
したきき
shita kiki
enquiring beforehand / inquiring beforehand
みきき
mikiki
information / experience / observation / seeing and hearing
にんきき
nin kiki
reputation / respectability
なまきき
nama kiki
being inattentive
えるきえる
kie ru
to be heard / to be audible / to be said to be / to be reputed
かすきかす
kika su
to inform about / to read to / to sing for
き書ききかき
kiki kaki
writing down what one hears / account of what one hears
けるきける
kike ru
to tell
こえきこえ
kiko e
reputation / fame / renown
ゆるぶんゆる
bun yuru
famous / celebrated
外すぶんはずす
bun hazusu
to mishear / to stop listening halfway through
書きぶんかき
bun kaki
writing down what one hears / account of what one hears
入るぶんいる
bun iru
to listen attentively to / to be lost in
またまたきき
mata kiki
hearsay / learning by hearsay
かせるきかせる
kika seru
to read to / to sing for / to inform / to tell / to persuade / to make understand
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