聞きき及およぶ

godan verb (-bu), transitive verb

hear of; learn of

Used when hearing about something indirectly, often through rumors or reports. Slightly formal.

• その事じ件けんについては、新しん聞ぶんで聞きき及およんでおります。

  I have heard about that incident through the newspaper.

• 彼かれの活かつ躍やくはかねがね聞きき及およんでいました。

  I had long heard of his achievements.