闻 meaning and pronunciation

闻
Simplified character
聞
Traditional character

闻 English definition

wén
  • to hear
  • news
  • well-known
  • famous
  • reputation
  • fame
  • to smell
  • to sniff at

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 文 : language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 118;
  • 炆 : (Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire;
  • 纹 : line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc);
  • 蚊 : mosquito;
  • 閺 : to look down;
  • 阌 : wen xiang, Henan province;
  • 雯 : multicolored clouds;

Sentences examples with 闻

  • 我上网去看看新闻。
    Wǒ shàngwǎng qù kàn kàn xīnwén.
  • 我每天晚上七点都看新闻。
    Wǒ měitiān wǎnshàng qī diǎn dōu kàn xīnwén.

Words containing 闻, by HSK level

向 鲜