Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

781 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry

Kunyomi: き.く ゆる.す

Onyomi: チョウ テイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: ear

Examples

Onyomi Examples

チョウコウ lecture attendance, auditing

チョウカク the sense of hearing

ナンチョウ hardness of hearing, bradyacusia, deafness, hearing loss

アイチョウ loving listening to something, loving to listen to something

Kunyomi Examples

聞く きく to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to enquire, to query, to hear about, to hear of, to learn of, to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with, to hear (e.g. a plea), to grant (a request), to accept (e.g. an argument), to give consideration to, to smell (esp. incense), to sample (a fragrance), to taste (alcohol), to try

許す ゆるす to permit, to allow, to approve, to consent to, to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to tolerate, to exempt (someone) from, to remit, to release, to let off, to acknowledge, to admit, to trust, to confide in, to let one's guard down, to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.), to yield