听 Strokes Write it Listen 听 tīng to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin") HSK 1 7 strokes Radical 口 Ideograph 19 words Built from口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening斤jīna catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd How it worksWords 口 reaching an ear 斤.