听

See also: 聽 and 聴
听 U+542C, 听
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542C
← 含
[U+542B]
CJK Unified Ideographs 吭 →
[U+542D]

Translingual

Traditional 聽
Shinjitai 聴
Simplified 听
Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

听 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口竹一中 (RHML), four-corner 62021, composition ⿰口斤)

Derived characters

  • 厛, 𠳇, 𥺐

References

  • KangXi: page 178, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3352
  • Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 591, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+542C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 听
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 听 – see 聽 (“to listen; to hear; to listen to; to obey; to heed; etc.”).
(This character, 听, is the simplified form of 聽.)
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
听

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 听 听
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 欣 (57)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 宜引切 牛謹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋiɪnX/ /ŋɨnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋinX/ /ŋɨnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋjenX/ /ŋiənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋinX/ /ŋɨnX/
Li
Rong
/ŋiĕnX/ /ŋiənX/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭĕnX/ /ŋĭənX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ĕnX/ /ŋi̯ənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǐn yǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngan5 ngan5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 听 听
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6647 6664
Phonetic
component
斤 斤
Rime
group
文 文
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
釿 听
Old
Chinese
/*ŋɡrɯnʔ/ /*ŋɡɯnʔ/

Definitions

听

  1. † laughing; smiling
  2. † having a big mouth

Compounds

  • 听听
  • 听然

Japanese

Kanji

听

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. laughter (from 笑う)
  2. pound sterling, pound

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
听
わらう
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Derivation of the verb 笑う (warau, “to laugh; to smile”).

Noun

听(わらう) • (warau) 

  1. (literary) laughter

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
听
ぽんど
Hyōgaiji
(ateji)
kun’yomi

From Dutch pond. This kanji is an ateji. See 斤.

Alternative forms

Noun

听(ポンド) • (pondo) 

  1. pound (lb)
  2. pound sterling (£)
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