耳 – ear

6 strokesTaught in grade 1#1328 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 耳 means ear. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジ (ji); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みみ (mimi). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 耳 (no. 128).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジ	ji
Kun’yomi	みみ	mimi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 耳 (Kangxi radical 128).

Words using 耳

耳みみear耳鼻科じびかotolaryngology初耳はつみみsomething heard for the first time

Example sentences

私は受話器を耳に当てた。

I put the receiver to my ear.

Tatoeba #156052

耳の不自由な人は手話で会話が出きる。

Deaf people can talk in sign language.

Tatoeba #150159

彼等には音楽を聴く耳がない。

They don't have an ear for music.

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Kanji with the same radical

職聞聴聖聳耽

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