聞 — Chinese character
聞
wén
news; to hear, to smell; to make known
- Pinyin
- wén
- Radical
- 128 ⽿ (Ear)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 門 耳
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ear; meaning component 耳; sound component 門
- Simplified
- 闻
- Japanese
- 聞 as a kanji
聞 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 7 · Analects 59 · Art of War 5 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 86 · Zhuangzi 181 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 35
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 50
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 80
- Analects 1.10
- Analects 2.18
- Analects 3.15
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