Kanji

Level: N5 Strokes: 14

聞

Meaning in English

hear, ask, listen

Readings

Onyomi: ブン, モン Kunyomi: き.く, き.こえる Romaji: bun, mon / ki.ku, ki.koeru

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

聞

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese ouvir, perguntar, escutar

Spanish escuchar, preguntar, oír

Korean 듣고, 묻고, 경청하라

French entendre, demander, écouter

Italian sentire, chiedere, ascoltare

German hören, fragen, zuhören

Indonesian mendengar, bertanya, mendengarkan

★ Vietnamese nghe, hỏi, lắng nghe

Thai ฟัง ถาม ฟัง

Related kanji

N1 聡 sou / sato.i, mimizato.i wise, fast learner, inteligente N1 聖 sei, shou / hijiri holy, saint, sage N1 聴 chou, tei / ki.ku, yuru.su listen, headstrong, naughty N3 職 shoku, soku post, employment, work N1 耶 ya, ja / ka question mark, interrogación, palabra para llamar al padre N3 耳 ji / mimi ear, oreille, oreja

Words with this kanji

N1 聞き取り kikitori listening comprehension N4 新聞社 shinbunsha newspaper company, newspaper publisher N4 聞こえる kikoeru be heard, be audible N5 聞く kiku to hear, to listen, to ask N5 聞いています kiite imasu am listening N5 聞きながら kikinagara while listening N5 新聞 shinbun newspaper N5 聞きます kikimasu listen

Sentences with this kanji

N5 私は新聞を読みます。 Watashi wa shinbun o yomimasu. I read a newspaper. N5 私は音楽を聞きます。 Watashi wa ongaku o kikimasu. I listen to music. N5 私は日本語の音楽を聞きます。 Watashi wa nihongo no ongaku o kikimasu. I listen to Japanese music.

Related grammar structures

N3 〜ように聞こえる you ni kikoeru Indicates auditory impression, attaches to a verb, means sounds like or seems from the sound