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听 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「口」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
キンきん · kin
Kun
ポンド・わら.うpondo · wara.u
Meaning
pound (weight); to laugh

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 斤 as phonetic: to laugh with the mouth open; in Japan it was borrowed for the pound weight.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 听ポンド

    pound (weight)

  • 笑うわらう

    to laugh

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

古(ふる)い帳簿(ちょうぼ)では重(おも)さを听(きん)で記(しる)している。

The old ledger records weight in pounds.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

笑う听笑laugh叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!忻to rej…矜to pri…紉to thr…衾a quil…菫the vi…
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Compound

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