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聞 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「耳」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「耳」
On
ブン・モンぶん・もん · bun · mon
Kun
き(く)・き(こえる)ki(ku) · ki(koeru)
Meaning
to hear, listen

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

An ear (耳) at a gate (門) — listening closely: to hear.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onブンぶんbun新聞しんぶん風聞ふうぶん見聞けんぶん
Onモンもんmon聴聞ちょうもん前代未聞ぜんだいみもん
Kunきくkiku聞くきく人聞きひとぎき

Compare: 聴く

Kunきこえるkikoeru聞こえるきこえる聞こえきこえ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 新聞しんぶん

    newspaper

  • 聞き手ききて

    listener

More words with this kanji

  • 又聞きまたぎき
  • 仄聞そくぶん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

音楽(おんがく)を 聞(き)きます。

I listen to music.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

聞き手新聞聞手hand新new耳ear耶interr…耿shinin…耽to be…聆to lis…分to div…門gate文writin…吻lips紋crest
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 耳Map of reading ブンAll maps

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