見聞

Chinese edit

	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 edit

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
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ bun²³/

Noun edit

見聞

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

Synonyms edit

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 edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

(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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

(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 edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): [kẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun edit

見(けん)聞(もん) • (kenmon)

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

Derived terms edit

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 edit

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 edit

見聞き

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) みきき [míꜜkìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲikʲi̥kʲi]

Usage notes edit

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 edit

見聞(みきき) • (mikiki)

Alternative spelling of 見聞き: looking and listening, seeing and hearing
Alternative spelling of 見聞き: experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard

Synonyms edit

(experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, keiken)
(a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, taiken)

Verb edit

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))

Alternative spelling of 見聞き: to look and listen, to observe, to experience

Conjugation edit

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 edit

(to experience in general): 経験 (けいけん, keiken)
(to have a specific experience): 体験 (たいけん, taiken)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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

[KDJ-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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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