闻

surname Wen

闻 = 耳 + 门 : Willy Walrus (w) found a trap door (门) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and after sniffing (闻) at it he finds that behind it there is a secret chamber of the Illuminati. He puts his ear (耳) to the door and tries to listen to any interesting news (闻).

闻

聞

wén = w + (e)n2

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

闻 character breakdown

闻
- 耳
- 门

耳

ěr = Ø + Ø3

ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.

门

門

mén = m + (e)n2

surname Men

门

門

mén = m + (e)n2

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.

Characters with 闻 as component

闻 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 闻

丑

闻

闻 character breakdown

Characters with 闻 as component

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Sentences with 闻