Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    listening attentively

    聴衆は謹聴の姿勢で立っていた。
    The listeners stood in an attentive attitude.
  2. Interjection (kandoushi)

    (be quiet and) listen!; hear! hear!

    called out by the audience during a speech

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

discreet, reverently, humbly

Kun
つつし.む
On
キン
Strokes
17
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2068 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 60

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-7-10SKIP code
7a10.6The Kanji Dictionary
0461.4Four corner code
3072deroo
8b39Unicode hex code
1-22-64JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4424Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5688New Nelson (John Haig)
1618New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2045Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1462Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1576Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1698Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1835A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2645Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1151Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35850PMorohashi
1180A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1247Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1314Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1769Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1882Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1582Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1705Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1590Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin3Pinyin reading
geunKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
60WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry

Kun
き.くゆる.す
On
チョウテイ
Strokes
17
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
781 of 2500
Radical
ear
WaniKani
Level 37

Built from

Used in names as

きく

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-6-11SKIP code
6e11.3The Kanji Dictionary
1413.6Four corner code
3258deroo
8074Unicode hex code
1-36-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3716Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4740New Nelson (John Haig)
1418New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1796Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
956Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1292Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
827Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
890Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1051A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2634Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1055Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29173Morohashi
1598A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1039Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1080Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1664Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1881Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
645Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1585Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
835Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ting1Pinyin reading
cheongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
37WaniKani level