見聞

See also: 见闻

Chinese
 
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 
hear; news; celebrated
hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (見聞) 見 聞
simp. (见闻) 见 闻
anagram 聞見／闻见

Pronunciation

Noun

見聞

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

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 增廣見聞／增广见闻
  • 見聞廣博／见闻广博
  • 見聞習染／见闻习染

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
  • (Tokyo) けんぶん [kèńbúń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞mbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

見(けん)聞(ぶん) • (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
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)
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”)

Verb

見(けん)聞(ぶん)する • (kenbun suru) transitive suru (stem 見(けん)聞(ぶん)し (kenbun shi), past 見(けん)聞(ぶん)した (kenbun shita))

  1. to observe, to experience, to see and hear
Conjugation
Conjugation of "見聞する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 見聞し けんぶんし kenbun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 見聞し けんぶんし kenbun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 見聞する けんぶんする kenbun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 見聞する けんぶんする kenbun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 見聞すれ けんぶんすれ kenbun sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 見聞せよ¹
見聞しろ²		 けんぶんせよ¹
けんぶんしろ²		 kenbun seyo¹
kenbun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 見聞される けんぶんされる kenbun sareru
Causative 見聞させる
見聞さす		 けんぶんさせる
けんぶんさす		 kenbun saseru
kenbun sasu
Potential 見聞できる けんぶんできる kenbun dekiru
Volitional 見聞しよう けんぶんしよう kenbun shiyō
Negative 見聞しない けんぶんしない kenbun shinai
Negative continuative 見聞せず けんぶんせず kenbun sezu
Formal 見聞します けんぶんします kenbun shimasu
Perfective 見聞した けんぶんした kenbun shita
Conjunctive 見聞して けんぶんして kenbun shite
Hypothetical conditional 見聞すれば けんぶんすれば kenbun sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

見(けん)聞(もん) • (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]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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(みきき) • (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(みきき)する • (mikiki suru) transitive suru (stem 見聞(みきき)し (mikiki shi), past 見聞(みきき)した (mikiki shita))

  1. Alternative spelling of 見聞き: to look and listen, to observe, to experience
Conjugation
Conjugation of "見聞する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 見聞し みききし mikiki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 見聞し みききし mikiki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 見聞する みききする mikiki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 見聞する みききする mikiki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 見聞すれ みききすれ mikiki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 見聞せよ¹
見聞しろ²		 みききせよ¹
みききしろ²		 mikiki seyo¹
mikiki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 見聞される みききされる mikiki sareru
Causative 見聞させる
見聞さす		 みききさせる
みききさす		 mikiki saseru
mikiki sasu
Potential 見聞できる みききできる mikiki dekiru
Volitional 見聞しよう みききしよう mikiki shiyō
Negative 見聞しない みききしない mikiki shinai
Negative continuative 見聞せず みききせず mikiki sezu
Formal 見聞します みききします mikiki shimasu
Perfective 見聞した みききした mikiki shita
Conjunctive 見聞して みききして mikiki shite
Hypothetical conditional 見聞すれば みききすれば mikiki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.