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: ジン、シュン、シン、き.く、と.う、たず.ねる
Romaji: jin, shun, shin, ki.ku, to.u, tazu.neru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

request, question, investigate

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  149
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-7-3
Korean Reading:  sin
Chinese Reading:  xun4
Unicode:  8a0a
JIS:  3F56

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1452
Nelson Index: 4314
New Nelson Index: 5559
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7a3.8
Four Corner Index: 0761.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 35224
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0389
Remembering the kanji Index: 2713
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1320
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2748
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1842

Words

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
尋問 (じんもん)
cross-examination; interrogation; questioning
反対尋問 (はんたいじんもん)
cross-examination
聞き返す (ききかえす)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
審尋 (しんじん)
hearing; interrogation
尋ねる (たずねる)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
道を訊く (みちをきく)
to ask the way
不審尋問 (ふしんじんもん)
police questioning (of a suspicious person)
拷訊 (ごうじん)
torture
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