Chinese symbol for “heard”

所闻

suǒ wén

Traditional: 所聞

heard; what one hears

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heard is 所闻 (suǒ wén), defined as: heard; what one hears.

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Characters and stroke order

所 suǒ

place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause

radical 63 ⼾ · 8 strokes

闻 wén

news; to hear, to smell; to make known

radical 169 ⾨ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

聞 wén

Related words

Other words that share a character with 所闻.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result
所有	suǒ yǒu	all; to have; to possess; to own
所谓 (所謂)	suǒ wèi	what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
所有人	suǒ yǒu rén	everyone; owner
有所	yǒu suǒ	somewhat; to some extent
厕所 (廁所)	cè suǒ	toilet; lavatory; 间 (jiān),处 (chù)
新闻 (新聞)	xīn wén	news; 条 (tiáo)
丑闻 (醜聞)	chǒu wén	scandal

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.