Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
ear
Parts:
Variants:
hear, ask, listen
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
319 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 聞見 【ブンケン】 information, experience, knowledge, observation
  • 聞香 【ブンコウ】 smelling incense, savoring incense, distinguishing incense by smell, incense-smelling party
  • スポーツ新聞 【スポーツシンブン】 sports newspaper
  • 壁新聞 【カベシンブン】 wall newspaper, wall poster
  • 聞見 【ブンケン】 information, experience, knowledge, observation
  • 聞香 【ブンコウ】 smelling incense, savoring incense, distinguishing incense by smell, incense-smelling party
  • 奏聞 【ソウモン】 reporting to the Emperor
  • 声聞 【ショウモン】 sravaka (disciple of Buddha), adherent of Hinayana Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 聞く 【きく】 to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to enquire, to query, to hear about, to hear of, to learn of, to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with, to hear (e.g. a plea), to grant (a request), to accept (e.g. an argument), to give consideration to, to smell (esp. incense), to sample (a fragrance), to taste (alcohol), to try
  • 聞くだけ野暮 【きくだけやぼ】 asking would be rude, tasteless question
  • 聞こえる 【きこえる】 to be heard, to be audible, to reach one's ears, to sound (like), to come across (as), to be well known, to be famous, to accept (someone's words), to agree, to understand

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • preguntar
  • escuchar
  • rumor
  • reputación
  • oír

Portuguese

  • escutar
  • perguntar
  • escuta

French

  • entendre
  • écouter
  • demander
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
219 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
200 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
262 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4959 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
109 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
80 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2244 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
64 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
64 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
179 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1584 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4127 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2097 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2840 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1640 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29104 Morohashi
3326 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4732 New Nelson (John Haig)
1626 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1754 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
184 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
234 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3854 2001 Kanji
8e6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-6 SKIP code
7712.1 Four corner code
7740.1 Four corner code
1-42-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
805e Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
right hand
Parts:
reach out, exert, exercise, cause
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
544 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 及第 【キュウダイ】 passing (an examination), making the grade
  • 及第者 【キュウダイシャ】 successful examinee
  • 波及 【ハキュウ】 spread, extension, influence, aftereffect, ripple
  • 責任追及 【セキニンツイキュウ】 pursuing liability, finding out who is at fault, trying to pin the blame on someone

Kun reading compounds

  • 及ぶ 【およぶ】 to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until), to be up to the task, to come up to, to compare with, to be a match (for), to commit (a crime), to require (to do)
  • 及び 【および】 and, as well as
  • 及び腰 【およびごし】 bent back, indecisive attitude, timidity, lack of nerve
  • 及び 【および】 and, as well as
  • 及び腰 【およびごし】 bent back, indecisive attitude, timidity, lack of nerve
  • 及ぼす 【およぼす】 to exert (influence), to exercise, to cause (e.g. damage), to do (e.g. harm), to bring about (e.g. benefits), to extend, to have an effect (on)

Readings

Japanese names:
おい、 の
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
geub

Spanish

  • alcanzar
  • llegar a
  • y
  • tocar
  • extenderse
  • causar

Portuguese

  • alcance fora
  • exerce
  • exercício

French

  • allonger
  • tendre le bras
  • exercice
  • s'étendre
  • causer
1148 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
748 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
154 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
888 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1120 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
83 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1257 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1328 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1098 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
21 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4192 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2122 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2868 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
695 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3118P Morohashi
3385 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
670 New Nelson (John Haig)
688 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
743 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
422 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1012 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
0a3.24 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
1724.7 Four corner code
1-21-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53ca Unicode hex code