Kanji1 / 14
聞 kanji
hear, ask, listen
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ブンモン
Kun readings
きくきこえる
Words with 聞
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —中国新聞社Chugoku Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company); China News Service (news agency)
- —新聞倫理綱領Japan's press code (developed in 1946)
- —見聞を広めるto widen one's knowledge; to enlarge one's experience; to broaden one's horizons; to see more of the world
- —大阪毎日新聞Ōsaka Mainichi Shimbun
- —東京日日新聞Tōkyō Nichinichi Shimbun (1872-1943, became the Mainichi Shimbun)
- —日本経済新聞Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
- —日本新聞協会Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association
- —米国新聞協会American Newspaper Guild
- —米州新聞協会Inter-American Press Association
- —ニッケイ新聞Nikkey Shimbun (Japanese-Brazilian newspaper)
- —恥も外聞もないnot worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
- —ハンギョレ新聞Hankyoreh (Korean daily newspaper)
- —産業経済新聞社Sankei Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
- —日本経済新聞社Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
- —サンパウロ新聞São Paulo Shimbun (Japanese-Brazilian newspaper)
- —新聞広告審査協会Newspaper Advertising Review Council
- —百聞は一見にしかずseeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
- —日本経済新聞株式会社Nihon Keizai Shimbun Incorporated
- —側聞hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay
- —聞屋newspaper reporter