Chinese Character 聞 Meanings and components.

Form

聞

Meaning

聞 meaning[3] in English

Surname Wen.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 聞 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Men (門) , and ear (耳)

Its radical[1] is: 耳 (er3) which means: Ear, Handle (Archaeology), And That Is All (Classical Chinese), .耳er3ear

In cangjie it is written with ANSJ

How to write 聞

To write聞wen2surname Wen you should write a combination of 門men2surname Men , 耳er3ear arranged in a 回 shape:

門 + 耳 = 聞

聞 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 聞 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 聞, looks as follow:

聞
Pinyin:wen2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Wen
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
耳
Pinyin:er3
Meaning[3]: Ear . Handle (Archaeology) . And That Is All (Classical Chinese)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 聞in English or Chinese