9 strokes14 strokes
Character #499 · The First 1000
闻 (聞) wén meaning: hear/sniff
to hear; to smell; news; famous
- Strokes
- 914
- TraditionalSimplified
- 聞 闻
- Poster cell
- W18
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 闻聞
Write 闻聞 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, wén, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 闻 mean in English?
- 闻 (wén) means "hear/sniff": to hear; to smell; news; famous.
- How do you pronounce 闻?
- 闻 is pronounced wén in pinyin, with the second (rising) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄨㄣˊ.
- How many strokes does 闻 have?
- The simplified form, 闻, has 9 strokes. The traditional form, 聞, has 14.
- What is the traditional form of 闻?
- The traditional form of 闻 is 聞. 闻 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 聞 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 闻?
- Common words that use 闻 include 新闻 (xīnwén, news), 闻名 (wénmíng, well-known), 传闻 (chuánwén, rumor), 丑闻 (chǒuwén, scandal).
- How common is 闻?
- 闻 is number 499 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell W18 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.