Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "hanyar saurare" tana nufin ma'anar ji, wanda ɗaya ne daga cikin gabobin asali guda biyar da ɗan adam ya mallaka. Kalmar “hankali” a cikin wannan mahallin tana nufin wata tasha ta musamman wadda ta cikinta ake samun bayanai ta hanyar hankali. Tsarin saurare, don haka, ya ƙunshi karɓa da sarrafa raƙuman sauti ta cikin kunne da kwakwalwa, wanda ke ba mu damar gane da fassara sauti.