闻
to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at
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How 闻 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
耳 (semantic, “ear”) + 门 (phonetic, mén)
How to remember it
hear · Heisig RSH #1266
门 gate + 耳 ear
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 门
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 门 (mén) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 门 sound component | mén | gate, door, entrance, opening |
| 问 | wèn | to ask about, to inquire after |
| 闷 | mēn | gloomy, depressed, melancholy |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns and some nouns |
| 闽 | mǐn | Fujian province; a river; a tribe |
| 闰 | rùn | intercalary; extra, surplus |
| 蔺 | lìn | hay, straw; surname |
| 闵 | mǐn | to mourn, to grieve; to incite, to urge on |
| 扪 | mén | to stoke, to pat; to grope, to feel |
| 訚 | yín | respectful; to speak gently |
| 钔 | mén | mendelevium |
Words containing 闻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美国有线新闻网 | Měi guó Yǒu xiàn Xīn wén Wǎng | Cable Network News (CNN) |
| 新闻发言人 | xīn wén fā yán rén | spokesman |
| 新闻发布会 | xīn wén fā bù huì | press conference; news conference |
| 中国新闻网 | Zhōng guó Xīn wén wǎng | website of China News Service 中國新聞社|中国新闻社[Zhong1 guo2 Xin1 wen2 she4] (chinanews.com) |
| 闻名不如见面 | wén míng bù rú jiàn miàn | knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom) |
| 小道新闻 | xiǎo dào xīn wén | news from the grapevine |
| 新闻工作者 | xīn wén gōng zuò zhě | journalist |
| 有线新闻网 | Yǒu xiàn Xīn wén Wǎng | Cable Network News (CNN) |
| 百闻不如一见 | bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn | seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better t… |
| 一无所闻 | yī wú suǒ wén | unheard of |
| 闻风而动 | wén fēng ér dòng | to respond instantly; to act at once on hearing the news |
| 闻一多 | Wén Yī duō | Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming |
| 新闻学 | xīn wén xué | journalism |
| 中国新闻社 | Zhōng guó Xīn wén shè | China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providi… |
| 多闻天 | Duō wén tiān | Vaisravana (one of the Heavenly Kings) |
| 时有所闻 | shí yǒu suǒ wén | heard from time to time; one keeps hearing that... |
| 花边新闻 | huā biān xīn wén | media gossip; sensational news |
| 头条新闻 | tóu tiáo xīn wén | top news story |
| 耳闻不如目见 | ěr wén bù rú mù jiàn | seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others |
| 产经新闻 | Chǎn jīng Xīn wén | Business News; Sankei Shimbun (Tokyo daily) |