This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ブン、モン、き.く、き.こえる
Romaji: bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

hear, ask, listen

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  169
Frequency:  319
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  3-8-6
Korean Reading:  mun
Chinese Reading:  wen4
Unicode:  805e
JIS:  4A39

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3326
Nelson Index: 4959
New Nelson Index: 4732
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8e6.1
Four Corner Index: 7712.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 200
Gakken Index: 262
Japanese Names Index: 2244
Daikanwanjiten Index: 29104
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0215
Remembering the kanji Index: 1626
Busy People Index: 2.8
Kanji Way Index: 184
Kanji Flashcards Index: 80
Kodansha Compact Index: 1584
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 219
Kanji in Context Index: 179
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2097
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2840
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1640
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1754
Essential Kanji Index: 109
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4127
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3854
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 314
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 234

Words

新聞 (しんぶん)
newspaper
産経新聞 (さんけいしんぶん)
Sankei newspaper
朝日新聞 (あさひしんぶん)
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
見聞 (けんぶん、けんもん)
information; observation
異聞 (いぶん)
strange tale; curious report; strange report
聞く (きく)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance
聞こえる (きこえる)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
聞かす (きかす)
to inform about; to read to; to sing for
聞き入れる (ききいれる)
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
聞き取る (ききとる)
to catch (a person's words); to make out; to follow; to understand
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