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闻

wén

hear, smell

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 门 represents the sound. Simplified form of 聞.

Components
耳 meaning component

耳  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

门 sound component

门  Sound component

mén

  

door

Evolution

闻 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
闻 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
闻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
闻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
闻 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
闻 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

闻 (聞) 

wén

hear; smell; make known; news; to hear; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at

闻 (聞) 

Wén

surname Wen

Most common words with 闻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

新闻

news

闻

news

新闻发布会

news conference

传闻

rumor

丑闻

scandal

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 52.1224% of movies

765th most common character in movies

825th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

聞

Unicode

U+95FB


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