Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay

Also written 側聞【そくぶん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

be seen dimly, suggest, intimate, faint, stupid, hint

Kun
ほの.かほの-ほの.めかすほの.めくかたむ.く
On
ソク
Strokes
4
Radical
person

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
3-2-2SKIP code
2p2.1The Kanji Dictionary
7128.0Four corner code
4ec4Unicode hex code
1-48-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
815Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
107New Nelson (John Haig)
2946New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3664Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2153Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2276Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
352Morohashi
ze4Pinyin reading
cheugKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hear, ask, listen

Kun
き.くき.こえる
On
ブンモン
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
319 of 2500
Radical
ear
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-8-6SKIP code
8e6.1The Kanji Dictionary
7740.1, 7712.1Four corner code
3854deroo
805eUnicode hex code
1-42-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4959Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4732New Nelson (John Haig)
3326New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4127Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2097Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2840Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1626Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1754Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
262A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2244Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
109Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29104Morohashi
200A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
64Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
64Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314sakade
80Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
219henshall3
234Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
184crowley
179Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1584Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1640Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wen2, wen4Pinyin reading
munKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level