聴 — kanji meaning “listen”
聴
listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry
- Meanings
- listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)、テイ (tei)
- Kun'yomi
- き.く、ゆる.す
- Name readings
- きく
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #781 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 128
- Chinese reading
- tīng
Words with 聴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 視聴 | しちょう shichou | looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching |
| 聴衆 | ちょうしゅう choushuu | audience; attendance; hearers |
| 聴覚 | ちょうかく choukaku | (sense of) hearing; auditory perception |
| 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) |
| 聴取 | ちょうしゅ choushu | hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect) |
| 盗聴 | とうちょう touchou | interception (email); wiretap; bug |
| 難聴 | なんちょう nanchou | hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness |
| 聴講 | ちょうこう choukou | lecture attendance; auditing |
| 補聴器 | ほちょうき hochouki | hearing aid |
| 聴聞 | ちょうもん choumon | listening; hearing |
| 聴力 | ちょうりょく chouryoku | hearing ability |
| 傾聴 | けいちょう keichou | listening closely |
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