KANJI: BUN MON ki (hear, listen, ask)
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An ear in a doorway. Usually taken to mean something like "listening at a gate," though it is felt by some that the gate radical shares phonetic meaning with distinguish and thus this character would mean "distinguish with the ear."
A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:
on-yomi: BUN MON
kun-yomi: ki(ku) ki(koeru)
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- BUN, MON: to hear, something that is heard
- ki(ku): to hear, to listen, to ask
- ki(koeru): to be heard, to be audible
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聞
醜聞 (shuubun): scandal
新聞 (shinbun): newspaper
艶;聞 (enbun): love affair
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