Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verb

    to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

    Idiomatic expression

    お祖母さんの昔話は耳にたこができるほど聞かされた。
    I've heard my grandma's stories so often that I'm heartily sick of them.

Also written 耳にたこができる【みみにたこができる】耳に胼胝ができる【みみにたこができる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ear

Kun
みみ
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1328 of 2500
Radical
ear
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

がみ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-6-1SKIP code
6e0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1040.0, 1012.0Four corner code
3255deroo
8033Unicode hex code
1-28-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3697Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4715New Nelson (John Haig)
3516New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4329Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2190Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2948Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
818Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
881Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1323A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
331Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
107Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28999Morohashi
29A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26sakade
79Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
32henshall3
61Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
169Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1582Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
826Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
er3Pinyin reading
iKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level