Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'su' ending
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
彼は耳をすましたが、何も聞こえなかった。He listened, but heard nothing.
Also written 耳をすます【みみをすます】
Characters in this word
2耳
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ear
- Kun
- みみ
- On
- ジ
- Strokes
- 6
- Taught
- Grade 1
- JLPT
- N3
- Frequency
- 1328 of 2500
- Radical
- 耳 ear
- WaniKani
- Level 4
Built from
Used in names as
がみ
Dictionary and index codes (32)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 4-6-1 | SKIP code |
| 6e0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1040.0, 1012.0 | Four corner code |
| 3255 | deroo |
| 8033 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-28-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 3697 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 4715 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3516 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4329 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2190 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2948 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 818 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 881 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1323 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 331 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 107 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 28999 | Morohashi |
| 29 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 56 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 56 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 26 | sakade |
| 79 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 32 | henshall3 |
| 61 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 169 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1582 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 826 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| er3 | Pinyin reading |
| i | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 4 | WaniKani level |
澄
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (30)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 3a12.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3211.8 | Four corner code |
| 373 | deroo |
| 6f84 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-32-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2699 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 3333 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 740 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 915 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 517 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 674 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1704 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1839 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1637 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2276 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1455 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 18315 | Morohashi |
| 1597 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1334 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1417 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1505 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1780 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1510 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1253 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1720 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| cheng2, deng4 | Pinyin reading |
| jing | Korean reading |
| n1 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 45 | WaniKani level |