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CHINESE CHARACTER

闻 (wén): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

wén
news; to hear, to smell; to make known
HSK 39 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

门

Primary radical

门 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 闻.

门

Phonetic component

门 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 9

Write 闻 in 9 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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LEARN THIS CHARACTER IN CONTEXT

Vocabulary with 闻

Examples using 闻

新闻

新闻使她不安。

Xīn wén shǐ tā bù ān。

The news distressed her.

闻

你听到新闻了吗？

Nǐ tīng dào xīn wén le ma？

Did you hear the news?

闻名

日本以富士山闻名。

Rì běn yǐ fù shì shān wén míng。

Japan is famous for Mt. Fuji.

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FAQ

What does 闻 (wén) mean in Chinese?

news; to hear, to smell; to make known

How do you write 闻 in stroke order?

闻 has 9 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 闻?

门 is the radical in 闻. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 闻?

新闻 (xīnwén): news; 闻 (wén): surname Wen; to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; 闻名 (wénmíng): well-known; famous; renowned; eminent.