Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2074 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 醜 【シュウ】 ugliness, shame, disgrace
  • 醜女 【シュウジョ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
  • 老醜 【ロウシュウ】 ugliness of old age
  • 美醜 【ビシュウ】 beauty or ugliness, personal appearance, looks

Kun reading compounds

  • 醜い 【みにくい】 ugly, unattractive, bad-looking, unsightly, unseemly, disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable
  • みにくいアヒルの子 【みにくいあひるのこ】 ugly duckling
  • 醜 【しこ】 ugly, repulsive, detestable, contemptible, unworthy, insignificant, humble, strong and frightening thing
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chou3
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • feo
  • mal aspecto
  • innoble
  • vergüenza

Portuguese

  • sujo
  • feio
  • vergonha
  • má aparência

French

  • laid
  • malpropre
  • hideux
  • honteux
1359 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1969 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4798 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1703 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1839 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1527 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1628 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1755 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1798 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2058 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1082 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1469 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2039 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39969 Morohashi
1629 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6189 New Nelson (John Haig)
2020 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2176 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1890 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3257 2001 Kanji
7e10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
1661.3 Four corner code
1-29-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
919c Unicode hex code

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

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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