Kanji N1

聴: listen, headstrong, naughty

聴 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning listen, headstrong, naughty, written with 17 strokes. It is read チョウ, テイ (on) and きく, ゆるす (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 聴覚 (ちょうかく, hearing) and 聴講 (ちょうこう, lecture attendance).

聴

Meanings

  • listen
  • headstrong
  • naughty
  • careful inquiry
Strokes17
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#781 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チョウ
  • テイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • きく
  • ゆるす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Common words with 聴

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 聴覚ちょうかく

    (sense of) hearing; auditory perception

    JLPT N1
  • 聴講ちょうこう

    lecture attendance; auditing

    JLPT N1
  • 聴診器ちょうしんき

    stethoscope

    JLPT N1
  • 聴取ちょうしゅ

    hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.)

  • 聴衆ちょうしゅう

    audience; attendance; hearers

  • 視聴率しちょうりつ

    ratings (e.g. of a television program)

  • 傍聴ぼうちょう

    listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.)

  • 公聴会こうちょうかい

    public hearing

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.