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”).

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

見聞 (hiragana けんぶん, rōmaji kenbun)

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

   見 (けん)聞 (ぶん)を広 (ひろ)める

   kenbun o hiromeru

   to broaden one's experience or knowledge

• 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

• (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)

見聞する (transitive, hiragana けんぶんする, rōmaji kenbun suru)

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]

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [kẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]

見聞 (hiragana けんもん, rōmaji 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]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) み​きき [míꜜkìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mʲikʲi̥kʲi]

• 見聞き

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 (hiragana みきき, rōmaji 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)

見聞する (transitive, hiragana みききする, rōmaji mikiki suru)

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)