Kanji: 聞

    • Meaning : hear,ask,listen
    • ON reading : ブン,モン
    • KUN reading : き.く,き.こえる
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 14
    • Frequency of use ranking : 319
    • Jouyou grade level : 2
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • くはかぬは - きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじ - Better ask than go astray
  • くとるとはい - きくとみるとはおおちがい - A big difference between what one hears and what one sees
  • いて - きいてごくらくみてじごく - A paradise on hearsay, a hell at sight
  • るとくとはい - みるときくとはおおちがい - There is a great difference between seeing and hearing
  • す - ききのがす - to fail to hear something/to miss
  • てる - ききみみをたてる - to listen attentively/to prick up one's ears and listen
  • スポーツ - スポーツしんぶん - sporting newspaper
  • - でんししんぶん - electronic newspaper
  • - あくとくしんぶん - irresponsible newspaper
  • に - えいぶんに - (in the) emperor's hearing
  • - いつぶん - something unheard of
  • き - したぎき - enquiring beforehand/inquiring beforehand
  • - かぶん - enquiring beforehand/inquiring beforehand
  • - かぶん - limited information
  • - かいぶん - strange rumor/strange rumour/scandal
  • - がいぶん - reputation/respectability/honour/honor
  • - きゅうぶん - old news
  • - きょうぶん - bad news
  • いてる - いちをきいてじゅうをしる - to understand everything from only one part/to be perceptive
  • き - みきき - information/experience/observation/seeing and hearing
  • かす | かす - いいきかす - to tell someone to do something/to warm/to persuade/to instruct
  • - けんぶん | けんもん - information/observation
  • かせる | かせる | いきかせる - いいきかせる - to tell someone to do something/to warn/to persuade/to instruct
  • ゆる - きこゆる - famous/celebrated
  • - たもんてん - Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
  • - ごぶん - misunderstanding/misinformation
  • いてあきれる | いてれる - きいてあきれる - to be astonished to hear/to be incredulous about/to express disbelief
  • けのない - ききわけのない - unreasonable
  • - しょうもんそう - Hinayana monk
  • - けんぶつもんぽう | けんぶつもんぼう - seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings
  • - しゅうぶん - scandal
  • - もんぼう | もんぽう - hearing the teachings of Buddha
  • - こがたしんぶん - tabloid
  • - じょうぶん - an imperial hearing
  • - しんぶんこうこく - newspaper advertisement
  • - しんぶんし - newsprint/newspaper
  • かせる - もうしきかせる - to tell/to talk to
  • - しんぶんきしゃ - newspaper reporter
  • きにく | ひたむきにく - ひたむきにきく - to listen intently
  • - しんぶん - newspaper
  • - しんぶんしゃ - newspaper company
  • てをける - もうしたてをききとどける - to grant a petition
  • き - ひとぎき - reputation/respectability
  • かせる - とききかせる - to explain/to reason
  • - ぜんだいみもん - unheard-of/unprecedented/unparalleled in history (unparallelled)/record-breaking
  • てにする - ききずてにする - to overlook/to ignore/to pass over
  • - たぶん - informing
  • - しょうもん - sravaka (disciple of Buddha) | adherent of Hinayana Buddhism
  • - ちょうもんかい - hearing
  • - てんぶん - emperor's knowledge
  • く - つたえきく - to learn by hearsay
  • - でんぶん - hearsay/rumor/rumour/report
  • かす - よみきかす - to read to (for) someone
  • - ないぶん - secret/private (information)
  • - にっかんしんぶん - daily paper
  • り - しんぶんうり - newspaper-seller/newsboy/newspaper vendor
  • - にっけいしんぶん - Nikkei (newspaper) (abbr. of Nippon Keizai)
  • - はくぶん - well-informed/erudite
  • ってきかない | とってかない - といってきかない - insisting
  • - あさひしんぶん - Asahi (newspaper)
  • にしかず | かず - ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず - seeing is believing/one eye-witness is better than many hearsays/a picture is worth a thousand words
  • いてれる | がいてあきれる - がきいてあきれる - who do you think you're kidding by saying (used to indicate incredulous dismissal of some claim)/What a laugh!
  • - ひゃくぶん - hearing a hundred times
  • - ふうぶん - rumour/rumor/hearsay/report
  • える - ききおぼえる - to be familiar/to learn by ear/to pick up knowledge
  • てる - ききすてる - to ignore/to overlook
  • す - ききだす - to get information out of a person/to begin listening
  • ける - ききとどける - to grant
  • け - ききわけ - easily taught/obedient
  • める - ききとがめる - to find fault with
  • かす - きかす - to inform about/to read to/to sing for
  • ぶ - ききおよぶ - to hear of/to learn of
  • り - ききとり - listening comprehension
  • くす - ききつくす - to hear all about
  • る | る - ききいる - to listen attentively to/to be lost in
  • けのい - ききわけのいい | ききわけのよい - reasonable
  • す - ききただす - to ascertain/to confirm/to verify/to make sure of
  • もない - はじもがいぶんもない - not worrying about one's reputation or appearance/not caring what others think
  • - きかざる - hear-not monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)
  • きほれる | れる - ききほれる - to listen to in an ecstasy
  • - ききて - hearer/listener/audience | interviewer/questioner
  • える - ききつたえる - to hear (secondhand)
  • きつける | ける - ききつける - to hear/to catch (the sound)
  • きもらす | らす - ききもらす - to fail to hear/to miss
  • かせる - きかせる - to read to/to sing for/to inform/to tell
  • せる - ききあわせる - to make inquiries/to refer to
  • る - ききとる - to catch (a person's words)/to follow/to understand
  • す - ききただす - to draw (information from)
  • れる - ききいれる - to grant (a wish)/to accede/to comply with
  • ける - ききわける - to recognize (identify) by sound/to recognise by sound
  • る - ききかじる - to have a smattering knowledge of
  • - ほうじしんぶん - newspaper in Japanese/Japanese-language newspaper
  • きしにる | きしにまさる - ききしにまさる - to a greater extent than one has heard/going beyond one's expectations
  • きただす - ききただす - to find out the truth/to ascertain/to carify
  • - ぐちききじぞう - Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)
  • - みもん - having not yet heard
  • る - ききしる - to learn something through hearing
  • いた | いた - きいたふう - flippant/saucy
  • きたがる - ききたがる - to be curious/to be inquisitive
  • - よぶん - gossip/rumor/rumour
  • き - よそぎき - reputation/respectability
  • かせ | かせどころ - きかせどころ - most moving part/compelling part (of story)/climax
  • く - もれきく - to overhear
  • - れいぶん - good reputation/fame
  • - がいじしんぶん - foreign-language newspaper
  • き - またきき | またぎき - hearsay
  • | - いぶん - strange tale/another story/variant (reading)/strange report or tale
  • す | す - ききかえす - to ask in return/to ask again/to listen repeatedly
  • く | く | く - きく - to hear | to listen (e.g. to music) | to ask/to enquire
  • える | こえる | こえる | える - きこえる - to be heard/to be audible | to be said to be/to be reputed
  • - あさひしんぶんしゃ - Asahi newspaper company
  • | - そくぶん - casually hearing/hearing casually
  • む | む - ききこむ - to get information/to find out/to get wind of
  • うわさをく | く - うわさをきく - to hear a rumor/to get wind of
  • - えんぶん - love affair/romance/one's love story
  • - しんぶんがくもん - knowledge gained (information acquired) from newspapers
  • - ふるしんぶん - old newspapers
  • - せんがくかぶん - shallow learning and limited information/ignorant and badly informed
  • - かべしんぶん - wall newspaper/wall poster
  • き - ぬすみぎき - eavesdropping/tapping
  • ゴロ - ゴロしんぶん - racketeering newspaper/journal that demands money in return for favourable articles
  • - めいぶん | みょうもん - reputation
  • - いぶんきたん - strange stories and curious tales
  • - せいかいよぶん - tidbits of political gossip
  • - しんぶんじれい - Appointment conjecturally reported in a newspaper/announcement of an appointment which is (turns out to be) mere press speculation
  • - きたいみもん - unheard-of/unparalleled
  • - けんもんかくち - perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness)
  • れる | れる - ききなれる - to get used to hearing
  • - はくぶんきょうき - widely-read with a remarkable retentive memory
  • | - ききざけ - wine or sake tasting
  • した | した - ききふるした - trite/hackneyed
  • うことをく - いうことをきく - to do what one is told to/to take someone's advice/to listen to what someone says
  • - はいぶん - hear/listen to
  • きもしないで | きもしないで - ききもしないで - without even asking/without even listening/without careful inquiry (enquiry)
  • いをく - おねがいをきく - to grant someone's request
  • き | き - ごようきき - the rounds of tradesmen going door to door | route man/door-to-door tradesman/order taker/order-taking
  • かせる - よみきかせる - to read aloud to another
  • - まいにちしんぶんしゃ - Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd
  • | - ごようしんぶん - a government newspaper or organ
  • かん | かん - きかんぼう - naughty or unruly child
  • - ちんぶん - curious or extraordinary story or piece of news
  • - そうもん - reporting to the Emperor
  • - しんぶんぎょう - the newspaper industry
  • - しんぶんりんりこうりょう - Japan's press code (developed in 1946)
  • ざるかざるわざる | - みざるきかざるいわざる - see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil
  • - しんぶんだね - news source or topic
  • - さんけいしんぶん - Sankei newspaper
  • - ちょぶん | ちょもん - something well-known throughout the world
  • - たんぶん - inquisitive questioning
  • - きょぶん - false rumor/false rumour/false reputation
  • - えいじしんぶん - English-language newspaper
  • - きぶん - strange news
  • - ちょうもん - listening/hearing
  • - ちょうもんそう - confessor
  • こえ - きこえ - reputation/fame/renown
  • - ききじょうず - good listener
  • - ききこみそうさ - (police) legwork
  • い - ききよい - pleasant to listen to
  • - ぶんち - learn of
  • き - ききがき - account of what one hears
  • し - ききおとし - mishearing/failing to catch (something said)
  • く | きいただく - ききいただく - to ask (politely)
  • - かくぶん - learn from reliable sources
  • - ききべた - poor listener
  • え - ききづたえ | ききつたえ - hearsay
  • - ききやく - listener's role
  • しい | しい - ききぐるしい - difficult to hear/unpleasant to hear
  • め - ききおさめ - hear something for the last time
  • え - ききおぼえ - learning by ear
  • - ききかた - way of listening/listener
  • せ - ききあわせ - inquiry/enquiry
  • え - ききごたえ - worth listening to
  • - ききもの - worth listening to
  • てならない - ききずてならない | ききすてならない - inexcusable/unpardonable
  • い - ききちがい - mishearing
  • - しんぶんはんばいてん - news dealer's shop/newsagent's shop
  • き - なまぎき - being inattentive
  • み - ききこみ - getting information
  • - ききみみ - straining one's ears
  • い - ききづらい - difficult to hear/difficult to ask
  • - ききどころ - point (of a speech)
  • きにくい | い - ききにくい - difficult to hear/hesitating to ask
  • - あかしんぶん - scandal sheet/gutter press
  • - しんぶんきじ - newspaper story (article, account)
  • き - たちぎき - eavesdrop
  • - しんぶんはっぴょう - (issuing) a press release
  • れる - ききわすれる - to forget to ask
  • す - ききおとす - to fail to catch
  • う - ききちがう - to mishear
  • - しんぶんはいたつ - (newspaper) carrier/newspaper (delivery) boy (girl)/new
  • く | おきいただく - おききいただく - to ask (politely)
  • す - ききはずす - to mishear
  • す - ききなす - to consider
  • く - ききおく - to listen
  • ます - ききすます - to listen attentively
  • す - ききなおす - to listen again/to ask again
  • ごす - ききすごす - to fail to catch/to ignore
  • える - ききちがえる - to mishear
  • - けいばしんぶん - racing form/racing (news)paper
  • こしす - きこしめす - to hear/to drink
  • す - ききながす - to ignore
  • なう - ききそこなう - to mishear/to fail to catch
  • きる - ききあきる - to be tired of hearing
  • く | く - みちをきく - to ask the way
  • いてく - いちおうきいておく - to hear someone out anyway
  • - がっこうしんぶん - school paper
  • く - こうをきく - to smell incense
  • く - おとにきく - to be widely known/to be famous
  • く - おやのいうことをきく - to obey one's parents
  • - しんぶんほ - newspaper distributor
  • る - しんぶんにのる - to appear in the newspaper
  • - にょぜがもん - thus I hear (quote from the sutras)/these ears have heard