聞
hear, ask, listen
Grade Level
Grade 2
Stroke Count
14 strokes
Radical
耳部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
ブン, モン
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
きく, きこえる
Nanori (Name Reading)
か, ひろ
Common Readings
ブン, モン, き…く, き…こえる
Example Vocabulary
聞く
きく
to listen, to hear, to ask
聞こえる
きこえる
to be audible, can hear
聞かす
きかす
to let (someone) hear, to tell
言い聞かせる
いいきかせる
to persuade, to convince
新聞
しんぶん
newspaper
聞き出す
ききだす
to get information out of, to draw out
聞き取る
ききとる
to make out (words), to understand what is being said
聞き返す
ききかえす
to ask again, to request repetition
言うことを聞く
いうことをきく
to obey, to listen to what someone says
聞き覚え
ききおぼえ
familiarity with something heard before
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