Kanji 聴: "listen, headstrong, naughty"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 聴

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 聴ちょう覚かく(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
• 幻げん聴ちょうauditory hallucination
• 事じ情じょう聴ちょう取しゅinquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview
• 盗とう聴ちょうinterception (email); wiretap; bug
• 吹聴spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing
• 聴ちょう衆しゅうaudience; attendance; hearers
• 視し聴ちょう者しゃviewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
• 盗とう聴ちょう器きlistening device; bug; wiretap
• 聴ちょう取しゅhearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); enquiry · listening (e.g. to the radio)
• 視し聴ちょうlooking and listening; (television) viewing; watching · (public) attention; interest
• 拝はい聴ちょうlistening respectfully
• 聴ちょう力りょくhearing ability

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