Word Meaning 一を聞いて十を知る

いちをきいてじゅうをしる ichi o kiitejuu o shiru

一を聞いて十を知る is read as いちをきいてじゅうをしる (ichi o kiitejuu o shiru) and means to understand everything from only one part.

Meaning

English

  1. to understand everything from only one part
  2. to be perceptive
  3. to be quick to understand
  4. to be quick on the uptake

Reading

Kana

いちをきいてじゅうをしる

Romaji

ichi o kiitejuu o shiru

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb Rank 87968 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一目十行

いちもくじゅうぎょう

outstanding reading ability

聞知る

ききしる

to learn something through hearing

一都一道二府四十三県

いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

一知半解

いっちはんかい

superficial knowledge

十分の一

じゅうぶんのいち

tenth

二十一代集

にじゅういちだいしゅう

Collections of the Twenty-One Eras

十死一生

じっしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaws of death

聞知

ぶんち

learn of

十一月

じゅういちがつ

November

十一

じゅういち

rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus)

二十一箇条要求

にじゅういっかじょうようきゅう

The Twenty-One Demands

十分の一税

じゅうぶんのいちぜい

tithe

Example Sentences

1

A word is enough to a wise man.