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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Words containing 闻

Word Meaning
Hong Kong Economic Journal
hearsay (law)
to pay no attention to outside matters
Rodong Sinmun, N. Korea's main newspaper
wide and knowledgeable; well-informed and experienced
to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
knowledgeable and experienced; learned and erudite
have wide learning and a retentive memory
widely read and knowledgeable; erudite
knowledgeable; erudite (idiom)
famous; of good reputation
State Council Information Office of China
Vaisravana (one of the Heavenly Kings)
so I have heard (idiom)
news from the grapevine
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
Bloomberg News
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang zhàn jiāng, Guangdong
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang zhàn jiāng, Guangdong
to hear suddenly; to learn of sth unexpectedly
too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle
what one hears; heard
one's understanding; accounts
information services department