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見聞

見聞

See also: 见闻

Chinese

 
appear; to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview
 
hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (見聞) 見 聞
simp. (见闻) 见 闻

Noun

見聞

  1. what one has seen and heard; personal experience; knowledge; information

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
見 聞
けん
Grade: 1 		ぶん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Sinitic components, as a compound of 見 ‎(ken, “seeing”) +‎ 聞 ‎(bun, “hearing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

見聞 ‎(hiragana けんぶん, romaji kenbun)

  1. looking and listening, seeing and hearing
  2. experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard
    見聞 (けんぶん)を広 (ひろ)める
    kenbun o hiromeru
    to broaden one's experience or knowledge
Derived terms
  • 見聞記 (けんぶんき, ​kenbunki): a record of personal experiences
  • 見聞録 (けんぶんろく, ​kenbunroku): a record of personal experiences
Synonyms
  • (looking and listening): 見聞き (みきき, ​mikiki)
  • (experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, ​keiken)
  • (a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, ​taiken)

Verb

見聞する ‎(transitive, hiragana けんぶんする, romaji kenbun suru)

  1. to observe, to experience, to see and hear
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to look and listen): 見聞き (みきき, ​mikiki)
  • (to experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, ​keiken)
  • (to have a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, ​taiken)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
見 聞
けん
Grade: 1 		もん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alteration from kenbun, using the go'on reading for 聞.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

見聞 ‎(hiragana けんもん, romaji kenmon)

  1. looking and listening, seeing and hearing
  2. experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
見 聞
み
Grade: 1 		き
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 見 ‎(mi, “seeing”, the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of 見る miru “to see”) +‎ 聞き ‎(kiki, “hearing”, the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of 聞く kiku “to hear”).[2]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Usage notes

The 見聞き spelling with the okurigana is more common for this reading.

Generally speaking, terms read using the kun'yomi pronunciation are perceived as more casual and less formal than terms using the on'yomi, much as terms in English from Anglo-Saxon roots are perceived as less formal than synonyms from Latinate roots.

Noun

見聞 ‎(hiragana みきき, romaji mikiki)

  1. Alternative spelling of 見聞き looking and listening, seeing and hearing
  2. Alternative spelling of 見聞き experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard
Synonyms
  • (experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, ​keiken)
  • (a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, ​taiken)

Verb

見聞する ‎(transitive, hiragana みききする, romaji mikiki suru)

  1. Alternative spelling of 見聞き to look and listen, to observe, to experience
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, ​keiken)
  • (to have a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, ​taiken)

References

  1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  2. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Pronunciation

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