聞く

• 読み: きく
• ローマ字: kiku
• 漢字の分解: 聞 (bun/ki) — to hear, to listen, to ask
• 発音: /ki.kɯ/

意味

To hear; to listen to; to ask (a question). A versatile verb covering both hearing and asking.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb with a k-stem. Has two main meanings: hearing/listening (音楽を聞く) and asking (先生に聞く). When meaning 'to ask,' the person asked takes the particle に. The kanji 聴く is sometimes used to emphasise attentive listening, but 聞く is standard for N5.

例文

1. 音楽を聞くのが好きです。
2. 先生に聞いてみましょう。
3. その話はもう聞きました。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, music, conversation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 聞 combines 門 (gate) and 耳 (ear), suggesting sound entering through a gate to reach the ear.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal