Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 厅 represents the sound. Simplified form of 聽. Before 听 was used as a simplified character, it was pronounced yǐn and was an archaic word for "smile".
Components
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
Notes
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Historical Evolution
听
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
听
Regular
Modern
Chinese
听 [yǐn]
smile (archaic)
听 / 聽 [tīng]
to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages
听 / 聽 [tìng]
(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule; to sentence; to allow
Japanese
noun
- pound (unit of weight) (historically written as 听, 封度, 英斤, 英听)
- pound (currency); pound sterling (historically written as 磅)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (132)
听到 [tīngdào] #499
to hear
听说 [tīngshuō] #421
to hear (sth said)
听见 [tīngjiàn] #1,129
to hear
好听 [hǎotīng] #4,625
pleasant to hear
听取 [tīngqǔ] #8,202
to hear (news)
听话 [tīnghuà] #4,376
to do what one is told
倾听 [qīngtīng] #5,582
to listen attentively
听证会 [tīngzhènghuì] #4,727
(legislative) hearing
打听 [dǎting] #6,098
to ask about
收听 [shōutīng] #11,421
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)