聴

listen

Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingチョウ、テイ

Kun readingき.く、ゆる.す

JLPT level: N1 Jōyō Grade 8

Meanings

listenRtK
彼は音楽を聴くために、椅子に座って落ち着いた。He settled down in his armchair to listen to the music.tatoeba
careful inquiry
headstrong
naughty

(sense of) hearing
auditory perception

Radicals and components

Radical耳ear

Components

How it's built

聴

Mnemonic (RtK)

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ear (耳) · stethoscope · camel · ten (十) · needle (丨) · eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 890

Compound words

傾聴けいちょう

listening closely

視聴しちょう

looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest

聴覚ちょうかく

(sense of) hearing; auditory perception

聴講ちょうこう

lecture attendance; auditing

聴取ちょうしゅ

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); enquiry; listening (e.g. to the radio)

聴衆ちょうしゅう

audience; attendance; hearers

盗聴とうちょう

interception (email); wiretap; bug

難聴なんちょう

hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss; having poor reception (radio, etc.)

傍聴ぼうちょう

listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)

視聴率しちょうりつ

ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate

listening attentively

幻聴げんちょう

auditory hallucination

試聴しちょう

trial listening

色聴しきちょう

"colored hearing" synesthesia

senses of seeing and hearing

Additional Examples

彼は聴衆に静かな口調で話し掛けました。

He addressed the audience in a soft voice.tatoeba

彼は聴衆に静かな口調で演説した。

He addressed the audience in a soft tone.tatoeba

彼は先生の言うことを聴かない。

He pays no attention to the teacher.tatoeba

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 聴

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step