漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
聴: listen, headstrong
Also: naughty, careful inquiry
- 耳ear(meaning)
- 悳(sound)
耳 carries the meaning · 悳 gives the sound
Oracle bone · Shang Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 聴取ちょうしゅhearing (of a statement, opinion…
- 聴衆ちょうしゅうaudience; attendance; hearers
- 傍聴ぼうちょうlistening (to a lecture, hearing…
- 盗聴とうちょうinterception (email); wiretap; bug
- 視聴しちょうlooking and listening; (television) viewing
- 聴覚ちょうかく(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
- 聴講ちょうこうlecture attendance; auditing
きくkiku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 聴くきくto hear
Also read テイ, ゆるす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)耳 ear + 口 mouth(s)
Originally 𦔻, hence ideogrammic compound (會意): 耳 (“ear”) + 口 (“mouth(s)”) – to listen.
Source: Wiktionary, 聽 (rev. 93295880), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Ear (耳) + heart (心) + virtue (徳/𡩜). To "listen" with your whole "ear" and your sincere "heart" at the same time—the act of paying true, deep attention.”
Connections
In ChineseSimplified 听 · traditional 聽 · tīng
Three different forms: Japanese 聴, simplified 听, traditional 聽.
- Simplified
- 听 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 聽 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tīng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.