WHOLE CHARACTER
闻
to hear (听见); news; information (新闻,传闻); famous; well-known (闻名); to smell with the nose (闻到)
闻 is to hear and smell: 新闻 'news', 闻名 'famous', 闻到 'to smell'.
ZDIC: 形声，从耳、门声 — the ear inside the door frame.
Character Familiesenclosure
闻
to hear (听见); news; information (新闻,传闻); famous; well-known (闻名); to smell with the nose (闻到)
闻 is to hear and smell: 新闻 'news', 闻名 'famous', 闻到 'to smell'.
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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
enclosure
ZDIC: 形声，从耳、门声 — the ear inside the door frame.
OUTER FRAME: THE DOOR GATE — ALSO THE OLD SOUND SIDE (门 MÉN)
门
door; gate
ZDIC lists 问 as 从口、门声.
In 闻: outer frame: the door gate — also the old sound side (门 mén) wén keeps the -en rhyme and the 2nd tone of mén; the opening consonant differs (m/w).
INSIDE: THE EAR THAT HEARS (ZDIC 从耳)
耳
ear
A standalone character (ěr, the ear); characters that use it as a piece state the role on their own pages.
In 闻: inside: the ear that hears (ZDIC 从耳) Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
Tone 2
- to hear (听见)
- news; information (新闻,传闻)
- famous; well-known (闻名)
- to smell with the nose (闻到)
- 新闻news
- 闻名famous; well-known
- 闻到to smell (something)
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