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聴く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
聞く
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Reading : きく   
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
3. to ask; to enquire; to query  (formal 聴く)
4. to learn of; to hear about
5. to follow (advice); to comply with
6. to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance  (see also: 香を聞く; this meaning is restricted to form 聞く, 聴く)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 195,416 which gives a rank of 18
聞く is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 8,000 (about 102,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 26 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1446
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ラジオ
いています

I'm listening to the radio.
きたい
わたし

I need to hear it.
たいせつ
大切
こと
ちゅうい
注意
して
こと

The important thing is to listen carefully.
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聴く
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Reading : きく   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 20,000 (about 31,900,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4852
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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きく
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 33,000 (about 17,400,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7022
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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訊く
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Reading : きく   
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 60,000 (about 6,430,000 results)
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ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジ   みみ ear   
モン   かど gate   
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チョウ   き to listen   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
net
シン   こころ heart   
to investigate, ask   
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fast   
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second   おつ    
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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