見聞

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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

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

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

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

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 見聞 – see the following entry.
【見聞みきき】
looking and listening, seeing and hearing
experience, knowledge, what one has seen and heard
to look and listen, to observe, to experience
(This term, 見聞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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