聴く (きく) — to listen
聴く
to listen
Frequency #670
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
godan verb (-ku) · transitive
Part of speech (JMdict: v5k, vt)
kiku
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
きく[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- to listen