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闻

Traditional: 聞

wén

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 5

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wén · man4 (Jyutping)

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

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

闻

Meaning
hear; smell; make known; news
Radical
门
Strokes
9
Components
⿵门耳
Cangjie
LSSJ
Four-corner
3740

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