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Keyword
actively listen
  • listen
  • headstrong
  • naughty
  • careful inquiry
Frequency
#781
Strokes
17
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
890
Readings
チョウ93%
き7%
Mnemonic
Cup an ear, catch all ten whispers in a small net, and press them to your heart; that is how a true friend will actively listen.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
聴きく
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to hear about; to hear of; to learn of; to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; …
Godan verb
視し聴ちょう
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest; (signal) reception
Noun
視し聴ちょう率りつ
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
Noun
視し聴ちょう者しゃ
viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
Noun
聴ちょう取しゅ
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); enquiry; listening (e.g. to the radio)
Noun
聴きこえる
to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
Ichidan verb
聴ちょう衆しゅう
audience; attendance; hearers
Noun
聴きき手て
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
Noun
傍ぼう聴ちょう
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
Noun
盗とう聴ちょう
interception (email); wiretap; bug
Noun
聴ちょう聞もん会かい
hearing (by a government agency)
Noun
盗とう聴ちょう器き
listening device; bug; wiretap
Noun
聴ちょう覚かく
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
Noun
難なん聴ちょう
hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss; having poor reception (radio, etc.)
Noun
聴きき取とり
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
Noun
試し聴ちょう
trial listening (e.g. to a record before buying); audition
Noun
聴きき
hearing; audible sound; rumour; rumor; hearsay; reputation; tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)
Noun
聴ちょう講こう
lecture attendance; auditing
Noun
広こう聴ちょう
public consultation; public information
Noun
聴ちょう聞もん
listening; hearing
Noun
視し聴ちょう覚かく
senses of seeing and hearing; audiovisual
Noun