tīngtìng

hear

Phonosemantic compound. (ear)represents the meaning, while and 𡈼 represent the sound.

Components
耳 meaning component

  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

𡈼 sound component

𡈼  Sound component

tǐng

  

stand upright

惪 sound component

  Sound component

  

virtue

Evolution

聽 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
聽 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
聽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
聽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

tīng

hear, listen; understand; obey; to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages

() 

tìng

(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule; to sentence; to allow

Most common words with 聽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to listen

听到

to hear

听说

hearsay

听见

to hear

好听

pleasant to hear

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)