| On-yomi | 聞 | Kun-yomi |
| ブン , モン | き.く , き.こえる |
hear, ask, listen
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| Strokes number : 14 | Skip Code : 3-8-6 |
| Kanji Frequency : 319 | Unicode : 805E |
| Level : 2nd year | jis 208 Code : 42-25 |
| Noryokushiken : level 4 | Bushu : 169 門 |
Words with this Kanji
| Word | Reading | Translation |
| 新聞 | しんぶん | newspaper |
| 聞かす | きかす | to inform about, to read to, to sing for |
| 新聞社 | しんぶんしゃ | newspaper company |
| 聞き手 | ききて | hearer, listener, audience |
| 新聞紙 | しんぶんし | newsprint, newspaper |
| 異聞, 異文 | いぶん | strange tale, another story, variant (reading), strange report or tale |
| 前代未聞 | ぜんだいみもん | unheard-of, unprecedented, unparalleled in history (unparallelled), record-breaking |
| 新聞記事 | しんぶんきじ | newspaper story (article, account) |
| 聞き書き | ききがき | account of what one hears |
| 聞き取り | ききとり | listening comprehension |
Kanji Index in the Dictionaries
| Dictionary | Kanji Index |
| Classic Nelson | 4959 |
| New Nelson | 4732 |
| Halpern | 3326 |
| Kanji Learners | 2097 |
| Heisig | 1626 |
| Gakken | 262 |
| Japanese Names | 2244 |
| Essential Kanji | 109 |
| Daikanwajiten | 29104 |
| Henshall | 200 |
| Kanji and Kana | 64 |
| Sakade | 314 |
| Henshall 3 | 219 |
| Tuttle Kanji cards | 234 |
| Crowley | 184 |
| Kanji in context | 179 |
| Busy people | 2 |
| Kodansha compact | 1584 |
