Illustration: On the wooden veranda of a Japanese home, a child crouches beside a small mesh cricket cage with one ear turned toward it. Inside, a cricket raises its wings in song. The child holds perfectly still, eyebrows lifted, and cups a hand behind the nearer ear.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

聞きく

kiku

to ask

聞く can also mean to hear or listen. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 値段ねだん聞きいた？

    Did you ask the price?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 何なにでも聞きいて！

    Ask me anything!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. なんで聞きくの？

    Why do you ask?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 聞

  • 聞hear; askOnブン・モンKunきく・きこえる

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