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
to submit to the will of heaven / to resign oneself to fate / to trust to luck
(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise) / dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately
lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom) / to believe rumors / to be credulous
to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)
to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice / to take sb at his word