聞く

Meanings

1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)
3. to ask; to enquire; to query
4. to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
5. to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with

Part of speech: godan verb (く), transitive

Kanji

• 聞

  Meanings

  hear, ask, listen

  On reading

  ブン、モン

  Kun reading

  き.く、き.こえる

  Strokes

  14

Example sentences

• 一番のチャンネルで英語が、７番のチャンネルでは日本語がお聞きになれます。

  You can hear English on Channel 1, and Japanese on Channel 7.

  Tatoeba #190130 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 音楽が好きで、毎日聴いています。

  I like music, and I listen to it every day.

  Tatoeba #191816 · CC BY 2.0 FR