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Kanji Detail for 耳 - "ear, handle"

耳

  • Meaning

    耳 means "ear, handle." Also associated with to listen.

    1. Ear - The organ on both sides of the face that governs hearing.

    2. Handle - Ear-shaped projections on the sides of objects.

    3. To hear - To listen; to catch with the ears.

    4. Only - A particle expressing limitation or emphasis.

  • Words using 耳

    • 耳鼻科 じびか Listen otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department
    • 耳障り みみざわり Listen hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping
    • 耳より みみより Listen welcome (news); inviting; encouraging

  • Four-character idioms with 耳

    • 忠言逆耳 ちゅうげんぎゃくじ Listen good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears
    • 飛耳長目 ひじちょうもく Listen sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject
    • 馬耳東風 ばじとうふう Listen utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears

  • Origin of 耳

    A pictograph of the ear — helix, lobe and canal squared into strokes.

    How to remember it: The ear in outline — lobe at the bottom, whorl above, listening.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 耳

    • Verified meaning: ear, handle
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read みみ)
    • Also carries these associations: to listen

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 耳

    Given names 耳(みみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ear

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ear; merely, only; handle; Kangxi radical 128

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ear; to hear, to hear of; handle

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The organ of hearing in humans and animals. The eardrum within receives vibrations from the air. Transmits to the auditory nerve. And perceives external sounds. | To hear. Such as saying 久耳大名 (long heard your great name). Taking hearsay as truth is called 耳食 (eating by ear). Also, the great-great-grandson's great-grandson is called 耳孫 (ear descendant). Seen in (Erya). Meaning they are so distant they are only heard of. | All things attached on both sides like a person's ears are also called 耳. Such as 車耳 (handles on carriages), 鼎耳 (handles on tripods). | Side doors are also called 耳門 (ear gates). | A sentence-final particle.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ji(ジ) ジ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mimi(みみ) みみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    耳 (mimi・mimihen)

  • Related Keywords

    ear handle to listen only acoustics auditory auricle balance cochlea deafness otology sound

Sentences including 耳

  • I have an earache.

  • We have two ears.

  • I cannot choose but hear.

  • She is deaf to my advice.

  • Her voice still rings in my ears.

  • That's news to me.

  • His voice reached our ears.

  • I'd like it above my ears.

  • I was all ears.

  • She listened to him.

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