I Love Kanji聞く (kiku)
聞く (きく, kiku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hear”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- きく
- Romaji
- kiku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to hear · godan verb, transitive
- to listen (e.g. to music) · godan verb, transitive · esp. 聴く
- to ask; to enquire; to query · godan verb, transitive · 聴く is used in legal and official contexts
- to hear about; to hear of; to learn of · godan verb, transitive
- to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with · godan verb, transitive
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.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 聞く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 聞く | きく kiku |
| Polite (~masu) | 聞きます | ききます kikimasu |
| Negative | 聞かない | きかない kikanai |
| Polite negative | 聞きません | ききません kikimasen |
| Past | 聞いた | きいた kiita |
| Polite past | 聞きました | ききました kikimashita |
| Negative past | 聞かなかった | きかなかった kikanakatta |
| Te-form | 聞いて | きいて kiite |
| Potential | 聞ける | きける kikeru |
| Passive | 聞かれる | きかれる kikareru |
| Causative | 聞かせる | きかせる kikaseru |
| Volitional | 聞こう | きこう kikou |
| Imperative | 聞け | きけ kike |
| Conditional (~ba) | 聞けば | きけば kikeba |
Kanji in 聞く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 聞く.
Source: JMdict entry 1591110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.