Meaning
ask · hear · listen
On'yomi
ブン · モン
Kun'yomi
き.く · き.こえる
Common compounds (34)
- 聞き手 ききてinterviewer; questioner
- 聞き取り ききとりlistening comprehension; aural comprehension
- 聞き書 ききがきwriting down what one hears; account of what one hears
- 聞える きこえるto be well known; to be famous
- 聞きいる ききいるto listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
- 聞きとる ききとるto ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
- 聞き慣れる ききなれるto get used to hearing
- 新聞 しんぶんnewspaper
- 聞かす きかすto grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
- 新聞社 しんぶんしゃnewspaper company
- 新聞紙 しんぶんがみnewspaper
- 前代未聞 ぜんだいみもんunheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking