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[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cJmTP.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cJmTP.png)

知恵袋で***いてるし…

I tried searching Google, hoping it's a phrase that might come up more often,
but none of the Kanji that came up looked even remotely like the one written
here.

Thank you!
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kanji readings handwriting
What does the highlighted portion of this handwritten Kanji say?
It says 聞いてるし.

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JPl8Q.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JPl8Q.jpg)
is 略字 (the handwritten simplified/abbreviated kanji) of 聞.

Other kanji with 門, such as 問、間、開、閉 etc., can also be simplified the same way:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yp51.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yp51.jpg)

Other examples of 略字:

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHYy1.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHYy1.png)

For more about 略字, see: [Ryakuji on
Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryakuji)
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This is the handwritten simplified version of
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/It-%E8%81%9E.png),
similar to simplified Chinese
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/W%C3%A9n.JPG).

Note however that the simplified Chinese form of the
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Cangjie_AN.svg)
radical has a break, and the "divider" is a single dot-like stroke in the left
corner:

![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Regular_Style_CJKV_Radical_169_%281%29.svg)

Meanwhile, the 門 radical is often abbreviated in Japanese handwriting to a
略字{りゃくじ} ( _ryakuji_ , "abbreviated character") form. The Japanese _ryakuji_
form of 門 has the surrounding line as a single connected line, and the
"divider" line in the center.

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/43bf2.png)

Read more about _ryakuji_ [on
Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryakuji).
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