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Kanji for Listen
The kanji for “listen” is 聞, read bun and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
聞
listen
To listen and hear; open-minded.
14 strokes On reading ブン、モン (bun, mon) Kun reading きく、きこえる (kiku, kikoeru) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings used for names on Nazuke: bun, mon
Names written with 聞: Steven 澄照聞 · Stephen 澄照聞 · Edmond 恵道聞弩
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