Word Meaning 見聞

けんぶん kembun

見聞 is read as けんぶん (kembun) and means information.

Meaning

English

information
experience
knowledge
observation

Reading

Kana

けんぶん

Romaji

kembun

Writing Variants

見聞けんもん kemmon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 784 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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見聞き

みきき

information

見たり聞いたり

みたりきいたり

seeing and hearing

見仏聞法

けんぶつもんぼう

seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings

見猿聞か猿言わ猿

みざるきかざるいわざる

see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil

見聞覚知

けんもんかくち

perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness)

見ると聞くとは大違い

みるときくとはおおちがい

there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes

見聞を広める

けんぶんをひろめる

to widen one's knowledge

百聞は一見にしかず

ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず

seeing is believing

聞見

ぶんけん

information

東方見聞録

とうほうけんぶんろく

The Travels of Marco Polo

聞いて極楽見て地獄

きいてごくらくみてじごく

don't believe everything you hear

聞くと見るとは大違い

きくとみるとはおおちがい