听(tīng)

HSK 17 strokesTrad. 聽

smile (archaic)

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Character information

Pinyin
tīng
Meaning
smile (archaic)
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
聽

Origin & structure

Where 听 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰口斤

Words 口 reaching an ear 斤

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

口kǒu斤jīn

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 聽: Someone listening 耳 attentively 心

How to write 听 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 听

Common words using 听 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

hǎo好tīng听
HSK 1

pleasant to hear

Open 好听 page →
dǎ打tīng听
HSK 3

to ask about

Open 打听 page →
shōu收tīng听
HSK 3

to listen to (a radio broadcast)

Open 收听 page →
qīng倾tīng听
HSK 7-9

to listen attentively

Open 倾听 page →
dòng动tīng听
HSK 7-9

pleasant to listen to

Open 动听 page →
jiē接tīng听
HSK 7-9

to answer the phone

Open 接听 page →
zhōng中tīng听

pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news); to one's liking; music to one's ear…

Open 中听 page →
rèn任tīng听

to allow (sb to act arbitrarily); to let sb have his head

Open 任听 page →

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一七三上下不东两

From 听’s common words

好打收倾动接中任

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