听
(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
听 character breakdown
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
Characters with 听 as component
听
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 听
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new.
unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously
Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril