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聴

Listen
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingき.く、ゆる.す
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 37

Verbs with «聴»

視聴する

Meanings

  1. 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
  2. careful inquiry
  3. headstrong
  4. naughty
  1. (sense of) hearing
  2. auditory perception

Radicals and components

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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
聴聞ちょうもん
listening; hearing
公聴会こうちょうかい
public hearing
視聴者しちょうしゃ
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
補聴器ほちょうき
hearing aid
可聴かちょう
audible
謹聴きんちょう
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
聴すゆるす
to permit
聴牌テンパイ
tenpai
聴力ちょうりょく
hearing ability
可聴度かちょうど
audibility
視聴覚しちょうかく
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

Listen. 耳 (ear) + 十 + 罒 (eye) + 心 (heart) — listening with ear, eye and heart. 聴く — listen.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 聴

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