Question

聴 き.く、ゆる.す listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry 1 781 17 128 みみ・みみへん 会意 Compound Ideographic I promise to use my ear to do nothing but listen ... stick a needle in my eye, cross my heart and hope to die! (Intentionally said backwards to get the order of the primitives correct). 827

Accepted Answer

チョウ、テイ きく 聴覚(ちょうかく): the sense of hearing聴講(ちょうこう): lecture attendance; auditing聴診器(ちょうしんき): stethoscope S 耳: ear十: ten网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122)心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 耳 6 聽 listen Listening to others is different from hearing [1626] with the ear. One must allow the words to pierce through the eyes (the window of the soul) and reach deep into the heart...a symbol of thinking about and contemplating on what was said, not just the sounds of words spoken. A married man while reading his newspaper, his wife going on about something suddenly, says, "You´re not listening to me, are you?" He replies, "I heard every word you said. You said..." “Yes, but you´re not listening.".

Kanji	聴
Onyomi	チョウ、テイ
Kunyomi	き.く、ゆる.す
Nanori	きく
English	listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry
Examples	聴覚(ちょうかく): the sense of hearing 聴講(ちょうこう): lecture attendance; auditing 聴診器(ちょうしんき): stethoscope
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	781
Components	耳: ear 十: ten 网: net; net or net crown radical (no. 122) 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
Number of Strokes	17
Kanji Radical	耳
Radical Number	128
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	みみ・みみへん
Traditional Form	聽
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	listen
Koohii Story 1	I promise to use my ear to do nothing but listen ... stick a needle in my eye, cross my heart and hope to die! (Intentionally said backwards to get the order of the primitives correct).
Koohii Story 2	Listening to others is different from hearing [1626] with the ear. One must allow the words to pierce through the eyes (the window of the soul) and reach deep into the heart...a symbol of thinking about and contemplating on what was said, not just the sounds of words spoken. A married man while reading his newspaper, his wife going on about something suddenly, says, "You´re not listening to me, are you?" He replies, "I heard every word you said. You said..." “Yes, but you´re not listening.".
RTK Index	827

Hearing Ear Net Radical Heart Listen Listening Words