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

13 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
sated, tired of, bored, satiate
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1780 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 飽和 【ホウワ】 saturation, satiation
  • 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty

Kun reading compounds

  • 飽きる 【あきる】 to get tired of, to tire of, to lose interest in, to grow weary of, to get fed up with, to get sick of, to become bored with, to become sated, to become satiated, to have one's fill
  • 飽かす 【あかす】 to bore, to tire, to weary, to stultify, to use lavishly (and without regret)
  • 飽く 【あく】 to get tired of, to tire of, to lose interest in, to grow weary of, to get fed up with, to get sick of, to become bored with, to be satisfied, to be sated, to be satiated
  • 飽くまでも 【あくまでも】 to the last, persistency, thoroughness

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao3
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • cansancio
  • aburrimiento
  • saciedad
  • aburrir
  • cansar
  • cansarse de
  • aburrirse
  • saciarse

Portuguese

  • saciado
  • cansado de
  • entediado
  • hátisfeito

French

  • saturé
  • fatigué
  • lassé
  • rassasié
1802 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1906 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5162 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1230 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1905 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2165 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1763 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1893 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1632 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1907 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2148 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1127 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1528 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1492 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44109P Morohashi
1715 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6684 New Nelson (John Haig)
1480 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1592 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1691 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2856 2001 Kanji
8b5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8771.2 Four corner code
1-43-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98fd Unicode hex code