N5 Kanji Course

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Marshall

N5 Kanji 104: 聞

Meaning of kanji 聞:

In Japanese, 聞 means “to listen; to ask”.

How to read kanji 聞:

Kunyomi	き
Onyomi	ぶん、もん

How to write kanji 聞:

Origin of kanji 聞:

You can see a man listening to something, so 聞 stands for “to listen”.
And when you listen to the answer, it means that you asked something, so 聞 also stands for “to ask”.

Development of kanji 聞:

Note:

You can see the particle before 聞きく to judge the meaning.

For example:

彼かれに聞きいた：I asked him.

彼かれから聞きいた：I heard from him.

Vocabulary containing kanji 聞:

Word	Reading	Meaning
聞く	きく	to listen; to ask
新聞	しんぶん	newspaper
聞こえる	きこえる	to be able to hear
言い聞かせる	いいきかせる	to tell
聞き取る	ききとる	to understand
聞き出す	ききだす	to ask
聞き返す	ききかえす	to ask back
聞き手	ききて	listener
聞き入れる	ききいれる	to listen to
見聞	けんぶん	observation
聞き流す	ききながす	to ignore
未聞	みもん	unheard of
伝聞	でんぶん	hearsay

Example Sentences of kanji 聞:

彼かれが無事ぶじだと聞きいて、私わたしは安心あんしんした。
I was relieved to hear that he was safe.

誰だれも僕ぼくの意い見けんなど聞ききたがらない。
No one wants to listen to my opinions.

新聞しんぶんは生いき残のこれるだろうか。
Will newspapers be able to survive?

話はなしを聞きかせてくれ。
I want a full report though.

彼かれは議ぎ論ろんを聞きき入いれるような人間にんげんではない。
He is not the kind of person who is open to discussion.

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