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Kanji Detail for 聴 - "to listen, to hear"

聴

  • Meaning

    聴 means "to listen, to hear." Also associated with to obey.

    1. Listen - To hear attentively; to pay attention to sounds.

    2. Hear - To perceive sounds.

    3. Obey - To follow instructions given.

    4. Allow - To permit; to let happen.

  • Words using 聴

    • 聴取 ちょうしゅ Listen hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect)
    • 視聴率 しちょうりつ Listen ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
    • 公聴会 こうちょうかい Listen public hearing
    • 視聴者 しちょうしゃ Listen viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership
    • 聴衆 ちょうしゅう Listen audience; attendance; hearers
    • 傍聴 ぼうちょう Listen listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting)
    • 盗聴 とうちょう Listen interception (email); wiretap; bug
    • 視聴 しちょう Listen looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching

  • Four-character idioms with 聴

    • 道聴塗説 どうちょうとせつ Listen shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information

  • Tattoo check: 聴

    • Verified meaning: to listen, to hear
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, ちょう)
    • Also carries these associations: to obey

    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 聴

    Given names 聴(あきら)Listen 聴(ちょう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    listen; headstrong; naughty; careful inquiry

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hear, listen; understand; obey

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 聽|听[ting1]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kiku(き-く) き-く

    yuru.su(ゆる-す) ゆる-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    耳 (mimi・mimihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to listen to hear to obey allow government office spy attend attentively audio acoustic sound perception heed

Sentences including 聴

  • I often study while listening to music.

  • She repeated what she had heard to her mother.

  • We enjoyed listening to the music.

  • He likes to listen in to the radio.

  • We had a large audience.

  • The song called up my childhood.

  • Because of the rain , the audience at the concert was small.

  • I often study while listening to music.

  • There was a large audience at the concert.

  • The audience was very large.

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