wén

to hear; to smell; news

HSK 3 #825

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 825th character
Radical ⾨ (169.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1636
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

闻 wén
  1. 1. to hear
  2. 2. to smell
  3. 3. news
  4. 4. reputation
  5. 5. fame
  6. 6. famous
  7. 7. well-known
  8. 8. to sniff at
  9. 9. surname Wen

Stroke order

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闻 stroke order animation

Words containing 闻

Word Meaning
world-famous
world-famous (idiom)
be terrified; be scared stiff
media gossip; sensational news
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
journalism
stories passed on from former times; old anecdote
ill-informed and narrow-minded; ignorant and inexperienced
to be famous far and wide (idiom)
unheard-of; unprecedented
to receive news (of)
anecdote; apocryphal story
variant of yì wén
to learn sth through hearsay; to get wind of sth
to ignore deliberately
obituary
seeing is believing
to act at once on hearing the news; to respond instantly
news tidbits; strange and interesting item; oddity
to witness personally
unheard of
Shanghai Media Group
world famous
China News Service
China News Service website (chinanews.com)