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
Wen Yiduo, modern Chinese poet and scholar
understand a lot from a little
to smell like sth; to smell of sth
famous person
to sniff out; to identify by smell; to detect a scent
reputation is nothing next to seeing in person
Wenxi county in Yuncheng yùn chéng, Shanxi
Wenxi county in Yuncheng yùn chéng, Shanxi
to hear (about sth)
to hear; to smell; information
to have heard what was said
listen and smell to diagnose in TCM
to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
well-known; illustrious and influential
to be diligent in one's studies
to flee at hearing the news (idiom)
news one has heard; to hear what sb says; to listen
unbearable stink; fig. notorious
there is no-one who doesn't know that
to be known to everyone
to possess limited experience and knowledge (idiom)
speaker not blamed, listener should heed
scandal; gossip
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
anecdote (about historical person)