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聞く

きく

to ask

Mnemonic

Same gate, same ear. You can kick きく it to hear what is going on in there, or kick it to get an answer out of somebody. One verb does both: きく.

Worth knowing

Identical to 聞く "to hear". Context decides which.

Built from

hear, ask
門 gate + 耳 ear

Also read きく

to hear to be effective

Words sharing these kanji

to be able to hear

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