聴
聴 — Listen
listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
On’yomiテイ (tei)
Kun’yomiきく (kiku)
Kun’yomiゆるす (yurusu)
Stroke order (17 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 聴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聴取 | ちょうしゅ choushu | hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect) |
| 視聴率 | しちょうりつ shichouritsu | ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate |
| 公聴会 | こうちょうかい kouchoukai | public hearing |
| 視聴者 | しちょうしゃ shichousha | viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership |
| 聴衆 | ちょうしゅう choushuu | audience; attendance; hearers |
| 傍聴 | ぼうちょう bouchou | listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting) |
Study notes
聴 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #781 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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