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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiànwén

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ man⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiànwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiànwún
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-wên²
  - Yale: jyàn-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannwen
  - Palladius: цзяньвэнь (czjanʹvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gin³ man⁶
  - Yale: gin mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ mɐn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: kiàn-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiernbuun
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ bun²³/

Noun

見聞

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

Synonyms

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字目 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
學問 / 学问 (xuéwèn)
心得 (xīndé) (knowledge gained)
所知 (suǒzhī) (literary)
智識 / 智识 (zhìshí) (literary, or Min Nan and Cantonese)
知識 / 知识
聞見 / 闻见 (wénjiàn) (literary)
見識 / 见识 (jiànshí)
認識 / 认识
識見 / 识见 (shíjiàn) (literary)

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): [kẽ̞mbɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

見(けん)聞(ぶん) • (kenbun)

looking and listening, seeing and hearing
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))

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

(Tokyo) けんもん [kèńmóń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

見(けん)聞(もん) • (kenmon)

looking and listening, seeing and hearing
experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard

Derived terms

見聞覚知 (けんもんかくち, kenmon kakuchi): (Buddhism) seeing and hearing and remembering and knowing: the six forms of awareness (the five senses plus the mind)
見聞衆 (けんもんしゅ, kenmonshu): a spectator, an onlooker, someone watching and listening

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 見聞 – see the following entry.

【見聞みきき】

[noun] looking and listening, seeing and hearing

[noun] experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard

[verb] to look and listen, to observe, to experience

(This term, 見聞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

“見聞”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-2] Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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