見聞

見聞

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

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

• (Tokyo) けんぶん (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

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

• (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)

• 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”)

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

• (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)

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

• IPA^(key):

見(けん)聞(もん) • (kenmon) 

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

• 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

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]

• 見聞き

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

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.

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

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

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

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