きこえる
to be able to hear
The same gate and ear as 聞く, except that nobody here is listening for anything. Next door's telly comes through the wall whether you kick きこ it or not: きこえる.
Built like 見える みえる. 聞く きく is listening on purpose, 聞こえる is the sound simply reaching you.
This is one of 1,500 words in Emaki, a free spaced repetition trainer with a written mnemonic on every card.
Study 聞こえる in EmakiFree, no account needed. Your progress stays in your browser.
Emaki is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Kaishi 1.5k or its authors. The word, reading and meaning come from the Kaishi 1.5k deck, used with their permission. The mnemonic, the note and the kanji breakdown are original work, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.