• 聞きく — to listen, ask
• 聞きこえる — to be heard
• 新聞しんぶん — newspaper
• 聞きき手 — listener
• 見聞けんぶん — experience, knowledge
• 聴聞ちょうもん — hearing (e.g. trial)

The kanji 聞 combines the radical 門 (gate) with 耳 (ear), symbolizing the act of hearing through a gate — or receiving information from the outside. It represents listening, asking, and perceiving.

先生せんせいに聞きいてみましょう。
Let's try asking the teacher.

外そとの音おとが聞きこえます。
I can hear sounds from outside.

🎧 Practice the native Japanese pronunciation of 聞.