To Listen To
To Hear, To Listen
transitive verb, godan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means listen and the verb vocab version is to listen to or to hear.
The meaning is really similar to 聞く, right? The reading is the same.
その癒し系の曲を聴いてると、眠くなってきたよ。
I’m listening to this relaxing song and I’m getting sleepy.