Characters › 闻
9 strokes · radical 门 (gate) · traditional 聞
14 strokes · simplified 闻
A way to remember it
An ear in a doorway. Listening at the gate is hearing — and 新闻, new things heard, is the news.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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to hear; news
wén — to hear; news
Radical 门 (gate) · 9 strokes · traditional 聞
14 strokes · simplified 闻
A way to remember itAn ear in a doorway. Listening at the gate is hearing — and 新闻, new things heard, is the news.