聞
hear; ask; listen
14 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 319.
Readings
- きく (kun reading): 聞く (きく) to hear; 聞かす (きかす) to let (someone) hear
- ブン (on reading): 新聞 (しんぶん) newspaper; 朝日新聞 (あさひしんぶん) Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
- きこえる (kun reading): 聞こえる (きこえる) to be heard; 聞こえ (きこえ) being able to hear something (clearly)
- モン (on reading): 前代未聞 (ぜんだいみもん) unheard-of; 聴聞 (ちょうもん) listening
Components
Words using 聞
- 聞く (きく) to hear
- 聞かす (きかす) to let (someone) hear
- 聞き飽きる (ききあきる) to be tired of hearing
- 聞き入れる (ききいれる) to grant (a wish)
- 聞き取る (ききとる) to catch (someone's words)
- 新聞 (しんぶん) newspaper
- 朝日新聞 (あさひしんぶん) Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
- 朝日新聞社 (あさひしんぶんしゃ) The Asahi Shimbun Company
- 新聞社 (しんぶんしゃ) newspaper company
- 読売新聞 (よみうりしんぶん) Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
- 聞こえる (きこえる) to be heard
- 聞こえ (きこえ) being able to hear something (clearly)
- 聞こえよがし (きこえよがし) bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard
- 丸聞こえ (まるぎこえ) being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
- 耳が聞こえない (みみがきこえない) to be deaf
- 前代未聞 (ぜんだいみもん) unheard-of
- 聴聞 (ちょうもん) listening
- 奏聞 (そうもん) reporting to the Emperor
- 声聞 (しょうもん) sravaka (disciple of Buddha)
- 多聞天 (たもんてん) Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
- 聞ゆる (きこゆる) famous
285 words in all.