Kanji

聞

hear, ask, listen

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

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 sentences

聞く きく
音楽を聞くのが好きだ

I like listening to music.

そういう そういう
そういう話は聞いたことがない

I have never heard such a story.

聞こえる きこえる
外から鳥の声が聞こえる。

I can hear birds singing from outside.

こえ
隣の部屋から声が聞こえる

I can hear voices from the next room.

聞かす きかす
面白い話を聞かしてくれた。

He told me an interesting story.

言い聞かせる いいきかせる
母親は、道路で遊ばないように子供に何度も言い聞かせた。

The mother repeatedly told her child not to play in the street.

新聞 しんぶん
父は毎朝、朝食を食べながら新聞を読みます。

Every morning, my father reads the newspaper while eating breakfast.

一面 いちめん
今朝の新聞の一面には大きなニュースが出ていた。

There was big news on the front page of this morning's newspaper.

聞き出す ききだす
犯人から情報を聞き出す。

Extract information from the culprit.

聞き取る ききとる
騒音がひどくて、彼の言っていることが聞き取れなかった。

The noise was so bad that I couldn't catch what he was saying.

Example Vocabulary

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