闻 (wén) — Chinese Character

闻

wén

to hear; news; well-known; to smell

Radical: 门 HSK 2 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

闻 decomposes into the following components:

门耳

Semantic component: 耳; phonetic component: 门.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 闻.

丑闻

chǒu wén

传闻

chuán wén

名闻

míng wén

听闻

tīng wén

声闻

shēng wén

奇闻

qí wén

徐闻

xú wén

忽闻

hū wén

所闻

suǒ wén

据闻

jù wén

新闻

xīn wén

旧闻

jiù wén

Characters that share the radical 门.

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