聴 — listen, headstrong, naughty

きく聴 listen

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 17 strokes

U+8074 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #781 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #890 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

listen
headstrong
naughty
careful inquiry

word

き ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

聴(き) く kiku to listen 聴(き) ける kikeru to be able to listen 聴(き) こえる kikoeru to be heard

ちょう chou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

視(し) 聴(ちょう) shichou viewing 聴(ちょう) 取(しゅ) choushu listening 傍(ぼう) 聴(ちょう) bouchou attending (hearing) 聴(ちょう) 衆(しゅう) choushuu audience 盗(とう) 聴(ちょう) touchou eavesdropping 聴(ちょう) 覚(かく) choukaku sense of hearing 試(し) 聴(ちょう) shichou trial listening 公(こう) 聴(ちょう) kouchou public hearing

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

みみ耳 ear #128

じゅう十 ten #24

罒 net (top form)

こころ心 heart #61

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#128 耳 ear