Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
discreet, reverently, humbly
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2068 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 謹慎 【キンシン】 self restraint, moderating one's own behavior, penitence, discipline, confinement (esp. to one's home), house arrest, suspension (from work or school)
  • 謹賀新年 【キンガシンネン】 Happy New Year
  • 細謹 【サイキン】 slight flaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 慎む 【つつしむ】 to be careful, to be discreet, to do in moderation, to refrain (from overdoing), to abstain, to be reverent, to be purified, to be chaste

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin3
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • discreto
  • respetuoso
  • humilde
  • ser discreto
  • ser respetuoso
  • ser humilde

Portuguese

  • discreto
  • reverentemente
  • humildemente

French

  • révérencieusement
  • humblement
  • discret
1180 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1835 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4424 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1151 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1769 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2645 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1247 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1314 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1582 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1705 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2045 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1462 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1590 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35850P Morohashi
1618 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5688 New Nelson (John Haig)
1576 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1698 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1882 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
7a10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
0461.4 Four corner code
1-22-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b39 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
ear
Parts:
Variants:
listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
781 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 聴講 【チョウコウ】 lecture attendance, auditing
  • 聴覚 【チョウカク】 the sense of hearing
  • 難聴 【ナンチョウ】 hardness of hearing, bradyacusia, deafness, hearing loss, having poor reception (radio, etc.)
  • 愛聴 【アイチョウ】 loving listening to something, loving to listen to something

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
  • 許す 【ゆるす】 to permit, to allow, to approve, to consent to, to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to tolerate, to exempt (someone) from, to remit, to release, to let off, to acknowledge, to admit, to trust, to confide in, to let one's guard down, to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.), to yield

Readings

Japanese names:
きく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • escuchar

Portuguese

  • escutar
  • teimoso
  • investigação cuidadosa
  • desobediente

French

  • écouter
  • têtu
  • vilain
  • sans même demander
1598 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1051 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3716 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1055 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1664 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2634 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1039 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1080 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
645 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1585 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1796 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
956 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1292 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
835 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29173 Morohashi
1418 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4740 New Nelson (John Haig)
827 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
890 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1881 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3258 2001 Kanji
6e11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
1413.6 Four corner code
1-36-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8074 Unicode hex code