聞 – hear, ask, listen

14 strokesTaught in grade 2#319 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 聞 means hear, ask, listen. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ブン、モン (bun, mon); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is き.く、き.こえる (kiku, kikoeru). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 耳 (no. 128).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ブン	bun
On’yomi	モン	mon
Kun’yomi	き.く	kiku
Kun’yomi	き.こえる	kikoeru

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). Components: 耳・門.

Words using 聞

聞くきくto hear新聞しんぶんnewspaper新聞社しんぶんしゃnewspaper company聞こえるきこえるto be heard聞き取りききとりlistening comprehension

Example sentences

一番のチャンネルで英語が、７番のチャンネルでは日本語がお聞きになれます。

You can hear English on Channel 1, and Japanese on Channel 7.

Tatoeba #190130

ジョンのことが新聞に出ていた。

John was mentioned in the paper.

Tatoeba #215457

どちらの新聞社にお勤めですか。

Which newspaper do you work for?

Tatoeba #200754

Kanji with the same radical

職聴聖耳聳耽

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.