# 听

| 听 | U+542C, &#21548; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542C |
| ← 含 [U+542B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 吭 → [U+542D] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 聽 |
| Shinjitai | 聴 |
| Simplified | 听 |

### Han character

听 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口竹一中 (RHML), four-corner 6202$_1$, composition ⿰口斤)

#### Derived characters

* 厛, 𠳇, 𥺐

#### Related characters

* 聽 (traditional form of 听)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3352
* Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 591, character 2
* Unihan data for U+542C

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Glyph origin

From 𠯸 (phonetic 厅 (tīng)).

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 听 – see 聽 (“to listen; to hear; to listen to; to obey; to heed; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 聽).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 听
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 蘄 | *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn |
| 祈 | *ɡɯl |
| 頎 | *ɡɯl |
| 旂 | *ɡɯl |
| 圻 | *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn |
| 蚚 | *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls |
| 岓 | *ɡɯl |
| 玂 | *ɡɯl |
| 沂 | *ŋɡɯl |
| 掀 | *qʰan |
| 釿 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn |
| 齗 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn |
| 听 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ |
| 垽 | *ŋrɯns, *qɯns |
| 斤 | *kɯn, *kɯns |
| 菦 | *kɯnʔ |
| 靳 | *kɯns |
| 劤 | *kɯns |
| 勁 | *kɯns, *keŋs |
| 赾 | *kʰɯnʔ |
| 芹 | *ɡɯn |
| 近 | *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns |
| 斦 | *ŋɡɯn |
| 欣 | *qʰɯn |
| 忻 | *qʰɯn |
| 昕 | *qʰɯn |
| 訢 | *qʰɯn |
| 炘 | *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns |
| 邤 | *qʰɯn |
| 庍 | *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs |
| 焮 | *qʰɯns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǐn (yin$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jan$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǐn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǐn
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^3$
*** Yale: yǐn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
*** Palladius: инь (inʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /in²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jan$^5$
*** Yale: yáhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jan$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yen$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: ngjinX, ngj+nX
Rime :
| Character | 听 | 听 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 欣 (57) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 宜引切 | 牛謹切 |
| Baxter | ngjinX | ngj+nX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋiɪn$^X$/ | /ŋɨn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋin$^X$/ | /ŋɨn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋjen$^X$/ | /ŋiən$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋin$^X$/ | /ŋɨn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiĕn$^X$/ | /ŋiən$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭĕn$^X$/ | /ŋĭən$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋi̯ĕn$^X$/ | /ŋi̯ən$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǐn | yǐn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngan$^5$ | ngan$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡrɯnʔ/, /*ŋɡɯnʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 听 | 听 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6647 | 6664 |
| Phonetic component | 斤 | 斤 |
| Rime group | 文 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 釿 | 听 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋɡrɯnʔ/ | /*ŋɡɯnʔ/ |

#### Definitions

听
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) laughing; smiling
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) having a big mouth

#### Compounds

* 听听
* 听然

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* laughter
* pound sterling, pound

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎん (gin)
* Kan-on: きん (kin)
* Kun: わらう (warau, 听う)、ポンド (pondo, 听)

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 听
* ぽんど Hyōgai (ateji)
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 听 – see the following entry. :
| 【ポンド】 | [noun] pound (various national former/current currency) [noun] pound (unit of weight) Alternative spellings 磅, 封度, 英斤, 英听 |
(This term, 听, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.) :