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Kanji Detail for 聞 - "hear, listen, fame"
聞
- Meaning
聞 means "hear, listen, fame."
To hear - To perceive sounds; to receive; to smell.
To inform - To report; to notify.
Fame - To be known; reputation; honor.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
hear; ask; listen
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
hear; smell; make known; news
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Wen
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
news; to hear, to smell; to make known
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The sense of hearing. When sound reaches the ear and one perceives it, it is called 聞. Such as 風聞 (hearsay), 傳聞 (rumor). Also, personally participating in an affair is called 預聞. | Knowledge. All learning and experience rely on ears and eyes. Hence extensive hearing and seeing is called broad learning. Such as saying 孤陋寡聞 (ignorant and ill-informed), 博聞強識 (extensively learned with strong memory), and such. | To transmit. Such as in letters 奉聞 (respectfully inform), 特聞 (specially inform). Meaning to notify. | Smelling with the nose is also called 聞. (Han Yu's poem) "The clear fragrance strikes the ground, only distantly smelled." | Where sound reaches. Such as in the Book of Odes "聲聞于天" (reputation reaching to heaven), "聲聞于外" (reputation reaching outside), and such. | Reputation. Such as 令聞廣譽 (good reputation and wide fame). The phrase appears in (Mencius).
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Sentences including 聞
When he heard the voice , he looked out of the window.
Listen to me , will you?
He took a look at the newspaper before going to bed.
I heard him go down the stairs.
He stopped reading the newspaper.
I read newspapers in order to keep up with the times.
何でも聞いて！
Ask me anything !
His face turned pale on hearing the news.
This song reminds me of young days.
They were not listening to music.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
先生と掛茶屋で出会った時、先生は突然私に向かって、「君はまだ大分長くここにいるつもりですか」と聞いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は先生と別れる時に、「これから折々お宅へ伺っても宜ござんすか」と聞いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
鎌倉にいた時、私は先生自身の口から、いつでも大抵宅にいるという事を聞いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は安得烈と彫り付けた小さい墓の前で、「これは何と読むんでしょう」と先生に聞いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私が丸い墓石だの細長い御影の碑だのを指して、しきりにかれこれいいたがるのを、始めのうちは黙って聞いていたが、しまいに「あなたは死という事実をまだ真面目に考えた事がありませんね」といった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私の足が段々｜繁くなった時のある日、先生は突然私に向かって聞いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
だからなぜそうたびたび来るのかといって聞いたのです」「そりゃまたなぜです」私がこう聞き返した時、先生は何とも答えなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「なぜです」と私が代りに聞いた時先生は「天罰だからさ」といって高く笑った」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
よく聞くと、それが尋常の談話でなくって、どうも言逆いらしかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そういう意味からいって、私たちは最も幸福に生れた人間の一対であるべきはずです」私は今前後の行き掛りを忘れてしまったから、先生が何のためにこんな自白を私にして聞かせたのか、判然いう事ができない。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私にはその答えが謙遜過ぎてかえって世間を冷評するようにも聞こえた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それが全く変ってしまったんです」「若い時っていつ頃ですか」と私が聞いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha