Kanji 聞

音読おんよみ: ブン・モン

訓読くんよみ:・きこえる

画数かくすう: 14

部首ぶしゅ: もんがまえ(門)

Meaning

To hear / To listen / To ask

Conjugation
Tap for 聞く (listen; ask) Tap for 聞こえる (be audible)
  • 新聞しんぶん — newspaper
  • — listener
  • 見聞けんぶん — experience, knowledge
  • 聴聞ちょうもん — hearing (e.g. trial)
  • 伝聞でんぶん — hearsay, second-hand information
Compound - tap to expand
  • る — catch; make out (a sound or words)
  • かえす — ask again; ask to repeat
  • る — listen attentively; be absorbed in listening
  • のがす — miss hearing; fail to catch
  • ける — distinguish by listening
  • す — draw out information
  • ながす — listen without paying attention
  • おぼえる — learn by hearing
  • れる — get used to hearing
  • れる — listen to and accept (opinions, advice)

The kanji 聞 combines the radical 門 (gate) with 耳 (ear), symbolizing the act of hearing through a gate — or receiving information from the outside. It represents listening, asking, and perceiving.

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