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聞
Meaning：
In Japanese, 聞 means “to listen or to ask”.
How to read it：
Kunyomi：き
Onyomi：ぶん
How to write it：
Origin：
You can see a man who is listening to something，so it stands for “to listen”. And when you listen to the answer, it means that you asked something, so 聞 also stands for “to ask”.
Note: You can see the particle before 聞く to judge the meaning. For example: 彼に聞いた：I asked him. 彼から聞いた：I heard from him.
Development：
Vocabulary:
| Level | Word | Reading | Meaning | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 聞く | きく | to listen | Verb |
| Basic | 新聞 | しんぶん | newspaper | Noun |
| Basic | 聞こえる | きこえる | to be able to hear | Verb |
| Adv | 言い聞かせる | いいきかせる | to tell oneself | Verb |
| Adv | 聞き取る | ききとる | to listen and understand | Verb |
| Adv | 聞き出す | ききだす | to get the information by asking | Verb |
| Adv | 聞き返す | ききかえす | to ask back | Verb |
| Adv | 聞き手 | ききて | listener | Noun |
| H_Adv | 聞き入れる | ききいれる | to listen to | Verb |
| H_Adv | 見聞 | けんぶん | observation | Noun & Verb |
| H_Adv | 聞き流す | ききながす | to ignore | Verb |
| H_Adv | 聞こえ | きこえ | sound | Noun |
| H_Adv | 未聞 | みもん | unheard of | Noun |
| H_Adv | 聞き入る | ききいる | to engross | Verb |
| H_Adv | 見聞き | みきき | to see and hear | Noun & Verb |
| S_Adv | 聞き分ける | ききわける | to distinguish | Verb |
| S_Adv | 伝聞 | でんぶん | hearsay | Noun & Verb |
| S_Adv | 聞き込み | ききこみ | inquiry | Noun |
| Others | 聞き取り | ききとり | understanding | Noun |
| Others | 聞き逃す | ききのがす | to misshear | Verb |
| Others | 聞き耳 | ききみみ | listening | Noun |
| Others | 聞き書き | ききがき | verbatim account | Noun |
| Others | 読み聞かせ | よみきかせ | read aloud | Noun |
| Others | 聞き覚え | ききおぼえ | a familiar voice | Noun |
| Others | 聞き届ける | ききとどける | to grant | Verb |
| Others | 聞き役 | ききやく | listener | Noun |
| Others | 聞き込む | ききこむ | to get information | Verb |
| Others | 聞き惚れる | ききほれる | be entranced by somebody's voice | Verb |
| Others | 読み聞かせる | よみきかせる | to read to somebody | Verb |
| Others | 聞き漏らす | ききもらす | to fail to hear | Verb |
| Others | 聴聞 | ちょうもん | hearing | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 聞き直す | ききなおす | to ask again/to listen again | Verb |
| Others | 聞き分けのない | ききわけのない | unreasonable | i-adj |
| Others | 聞き方 | ききかた | a way of asking | Noun |
| Others | 立ち聞き | たちぎき | eavesdrop | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 盗み聞き | ぬすみきき | eavesdropping | Noun & Verb |
| Others | 醜聞 | しゅうぶん | scandal | Noun |
| Others | 聞き飽きる | ききあきる | to be tired of hearing | Verb |
| Others | 聞き苦しい | ききぐるしい | uncomfortable | i-Adj |
| Others | 聞き覚える | ききおぼえる | to learn by ear | Verb |
| Others | 聞き捨てならない | ききずてならない | abandoned | i-Adj |
| Others | 聞き間違える | ききまちがえる | to mishear | Verb |
| Others | 異聞 | いぶん | strange tale | Noun |
| Others | 人聞きの悪い | ひとぎきのわるい | scandalous | i-Adj |
| Others | 聞き流し | ききながし | to take no notice | Noun |
| Others | 漏れ聞く | もれきく | to overhear | Verb |
| Others | 旧聞 | きゅうぶん | old news | Noun |
| Others | 聞き回る | ききまわる | to ask around | Verb |
| Others | 聞き過ごす | ききすごす | to ignore | Verb |
| Others | 聞き落とす | ききおとす | to fail to hear | Verb |
| Others | 聞き所 | ききどころ | the most important part | Noun |
| Others | 艶聞 | えんぶん | gossip | Noun |
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