Katakana rendering of the form glossed as “hear”; mainly useful when writing or discussing the English word or its pronunciation, not as a normal Japanese verb meaning 聞く.
The dictionary lists the pronunciation of hear as “hia.”
Katakana rendering of the form glossed as “here”; used when referring to the English word, spelling, pronunciation, or names and phrases containing it, rather than as the ordinary Japanese word for ここ.
The word here, meaning “here,” can be written in katakana as ヒア.
聞く is the ordinary Japanese verb meaning “to hear/listen,” whereas ヒア is just a katakana transcription of the English word and is not used as a Japanese verb.
listening comprehension; listening practice · interview; consultation; fact-finding meeting · public hearing
No language-of-origin information is available. The katakana spelling is conventionally used to represent the forms reflected by the glosses “hear” and “here.”