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

8 strokes
Radical:
corpse
Parts:
Variants:
deliver, reach, arrive, report, notify, forward
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
939 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 届ける 【とどける】 to deliver, to forward, to send, to report, to notify, to file notice (to the authorities), to give notice, to register
  • 届く 【とどく】 to reach, to touch, to get to, to carry (of sound), to be delivered, to arrive, to be attentive, to be scrupulous, to be thorough, to be realized (of a desire), to be fulfilled, to get through (to someone), to be appreciated, to make an impression

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie4
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • alcanzar
  • entregar
  • enviar
  • llegar
  • informar
  • notificar

Portuguese

  • entregar
  • alcançar
  • chegar
  • relatório
  • notificar

French

  • remettre
  • livrer
  • parvenir
  • arriver
  • rapport
  • notification
  • transmettre
852 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
959 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
948 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
963 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1385 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
727 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
484 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
992 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1029 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1090 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
529 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3820 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2651 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1119 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7667 Morohashi
3078 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1413 New Nelson (John Haig)
1110 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1191 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
870 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3776 2001 Kanji
3r5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
7726.7 Four corner code
1-38-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c4a Unicode hex code