Chinese Character 闻 Meanings and components.

Form

闻

Meaning

闻 meaning[3] in English

Surname Wen.

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Main Components

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

Its radical[1] is: 門 (men2) which means: Surname Men, .門men2surname Men

In cangjie it is written with LSSJ

How to write 闻

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

门 + 耳 = 闻

闻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

闻
Pinyin:wen2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Wen
门
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

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