闻

wén

surname Wen

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 聞

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

闻

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

闻
  • 新闻xīnwénnewsB3
  • 闻名wénmíngwell-knownB6
  • 丑闻chǒuwénscandalB7
  • 传闻chuánwénrumorB7
  • 绯闻fēiwénsex scandalB7
  • 孤陋寡闻gūlòu-guǎwénignorant and inexperiencedB7
  • 骇人听闻hàiréntīngwénshockingB7

See it in sentences

闻一闻是什么味道。

Smell it and see what it is.

我闻到了花香。

I smelled the flowers.