闻 — Chinese character
闻
wén
news; to hear, to smell; to make known
- Pinyin
- wén
- Radical
- 169 ⾨ (Gate)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 门 耳
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ear; meaning component 耳; sound component 门
- Traditional
- 聞
Common words with 闻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新闻 (新聞) | xīn wén | news; 条 (tiáo) |
| 丑闻 (醜聞) | chǒu wén | scandal |
| 闻名 (聞名) | wén míng | well-known; famous |
| 新闻网 (新聞網) | xīn wén wǎng | news agency |
| 传闻 (傳聞) | chuán wén | rumor |
| 闻到 (聞到) | wén dào | to smell; to sniff sth out |
| 新闻稿 (新聞稿) | xīn wén gǎo | press release |
| 新闻自由 (新聞自由) | xīn wén zì yóu | freedom of the press |
| 绯闻 (緋聞) | fēi wén | sex scandal |
| 听闻 (聽聞) | tīng wén | to listen; to hear what sb says |
| 见闻 (見聞) | jiàn wén | what one has seen and heard; knowledge |
| 新闻媒体 (新聞媒體) | xīn wén méi tǐ | news media |
English words written with 闻
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.