听

Numbered pinyin

ting1

English meanings

hear, list, hearken, obey, obedience, listen, heed, administer, let, allow, hark

BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 口; right 斤.

• Left

• Right

  Explore parts · Enclosed from the upper left

  • Outside

  • Inside

    Explore parts · Top–bottom

    • Top

    • Bottom

      Explore parts · Overlapping

      • First part

      • Second part

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.