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

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

Related characters

聽 (traditional form of 听)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

From 𠯸 (phonetic 厅 (tīng)).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 听 – see 聽 (“to listen; to hear; to listen to; to obey; to heed; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 聽).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		听

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
蘄	ɡɯ, kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈	*ɡɯl
頎	*ɡɯl
旂	*ɡɯl
圻	ɡɯl, ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚	ɡɯl, ɡɯːls
岓	*ɡɯl
玂	*ɡɯl
沂	*ŋɡɯl
掀	*qʰan
釿	ŋɡrɯnʔ, ŋkɯn
齗	ŋɡrɯnʔ, ŋɡɯn
听	ŋɡrɯnʔ, ŋɡɯnʔ
垽	ŋrɯns, qɯns
斤	kɯn, kɯns
菦	*kɯnʔ
靳	*kɯns
劤	*kɯns
勁	kɯns, keŋs
赾	*kʰɯnʔ
芹	*ɡɯn
近	ɡɯnʔ, ɡɯns
斦	*ŋɡɯn
欣	*qʰɯn
忻	*qʰɯn
昕	*qʰɯn
訢	*qʰɯn
炘	qʰɯn, qʰɯns
邤	*qʰɯn
庍	qʰɯns, mpreːɡs
焮	*qʰɯns

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐn (yin³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐn
  - Wade–Giles: yin³
  - Yale: yǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
  - Palladius: инь (inʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jan⁵
  - Yale: yáhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³/

Middle Chinese: ngjinX, ngj+nX

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
Baxter	ngjinX	ngj+nX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋiɪn^X/	/ŋɨn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋin^X/	/ŋɨn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋjen^X/	/ŋiən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋin^X/	/ŋɨn^X/
Li Rong	/ŋiĕn^X/	/ŋiən^X/
Wang Li	/ŋĭĕn^X/	/ŋĭən^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ĕn^X/	/ŋi̯ən^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐn	yǐn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngan⁵	ngan⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡrɯnʔ/, /*ŋɡɯnʔ/

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
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡrɯnʔ/	/*ŋɡɯnʔ/

Definitions

听

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) laughing; smiling
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) having a big mouth

Compounds

听听
听然

Japanese

Kanji

听

(Hyōgai kanji)

laughter
pound sterling, pound

Readings

Go-on: ぎん (gin)
Kan-on: きん (kin)
Kun: わらう (warau, 听う)^{←わらふ (warafu, 听ふ, historical)}、ポンド (pondo, 听)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
听
ぽんど Hyōgai (ateji)
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 听 – see the following entry.

【ポンド】

[noun] pound (various national former/current currency)

[noun] pound (unit of weight)

Alternative spellings
磅, 封度, 英斤, 英听

(This term, 听, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)