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wén

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wén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wén | wen2
English translation
news; to hear, to smell; to make known

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About wén

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

wén

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

ear

Etymology of wén

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

門耳

Semantic compound

ěr

Phonetic compound

mén

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ěr represents the meaning and Mén represents the sound. Simplified form of wén .

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Words with wén

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
新闻 xīnwén news新聞
Wén news wén
新闻发布会 xīn wén fā bù huì news conference新聞發布會
传闻 chuán wén rumor傳聞
丑闻 chǒu wén scandal醜聞
闻到 wén dào to smell聞到
绯闻 fēi wén sex scandal緋聞
闻名 wén míng well-known聞名
新闻界 xīn wén jiè the press新聞界
闻言 wén yán to have heard what was said聞言
难闻 nán wén stink難聞
闻讯 wén xùn to receive news (of)聞訊
新闻记者 xīn wén jì zhě journalist新聞記者
默默无闻 mò mò wú wén a nobody默默無聞
耳闻 ěr wén to hear of耳聞
不闻不问 bù wén bù wèn uncritical不聞不問
骇人听闻 hài rén tīng wén shocking駭人聽聞
听闻 tīng wén to listen聽聞
所见所闻 suǒ jiàn suǒ wén what one hears and sees (idiom)所見所聞
闻所未闻 wén suǒ wèi wén unheard of聞所未聞
喜闻乐见 xǐwénlèjiàn well received喜聞樂見
要闻 yào wén headline要聞
见闻 jiànwén knowledge見聞
奇闻 qí wén anecdote奇聞

wén Decomposition & Compounds

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