聞

See also: 闻
聞 U+805E, 聞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-805E
← 聝
[U+805D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 聟 →
[U+805F]

Translingual
Japanese 聞
Simplified 闻
Traditional 聞
Stroke order
Stroke order (Japan)

Alternative forms

This character has a slight difference between Chinese and Japanese forms.

  • In Chinese: 聞
  • in Japanese: 聞
  • in Korean: 聞

Han character

聞 (radical 128, 耳+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓尸十 (ANSJ), four-corner 77401, composition ⿵門耳)

Derived characters
  • 𭏾, 𡣟, 𤀳, 𦘁, 𨷝, 𬚩

References
  • KangXi: page 968, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29104
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1418, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4294, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+805E

Chinese
trad. 聞
simp. 闻
variant forms 𦔵

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (門) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蔄 *roːs, *mruːns
闅 *min, *mrɯn, *mɯn
閩 *mrɯn, *mɯn
蕄 *mɯːŋ, *mrɯːŋ
門 *mɯːn
捫 *mɯːn
悶 *mɯːns
聞 *mɯn, *mɯns
閿 *mɯn
問 *mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯn, *mɯns) : phonetic 門 (OC *mɯːn) + semantic 耳 (“ear”). Compare 問 (OC *mɯns).

Pronunciation 1
Note:
  • 3men - colloquial;
  • 3ven - literary.
Rime
Character 聞
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 無分切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mɨun/
Pan
Wuyun		 /miun/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mun/
Li
Rong		 /miuən/
Wang
Li		 /mĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wén
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聞
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wén
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjun ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mu[n]/
English hear (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 聞
Reading # 1/2
No. 8963
Phonetic
component		 門
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 文
Old
Chinese		 /*mɯn/

Definitions

聞

  1. to hear; to listen
  2. to smell; to detect; to get a sniff at
    聞味道 / 闻味道  ―  wén wèidào  ―  to smell the scent
  3. to spread; to transmit
  4. to be well-known; famous
  5. knowledge; expertise
  6. news; message
  7. A surname​.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 聞 (“to smell”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聞, 嗅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聞
Mandarin Beijing 聞
Taiwan 聞
Tianjin 聞
Jinan 聞
Xi'an 聞
Wuhan 聞
Chengdu 聞
Yangzhou 聞
Nanjing 聞
Hefei 聞
Cantonese Guangzhou 聞
Hong Kong 聞
Taishan 聞
Yangjiang 聞
Gan Nanchang 嗅
Hakka Meixian 鼻
Xingning 鼻
Huidong 鼻
Qujiang 聞
Xiaosanjiang 鼻
Changting 鼻
Pingyu 鼻
Wuping 鼻
Liancheng 鼻
Ninghua 鼻
Ruijin 鼻
Shicheng 嗅
Shangyou 嗅
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鼻
Liudui (S. Sixian) 鼻
Hsinchu (Hailu) 鼻
Dongshi (Dabu) 鼻
Hsinchu (Raoping) 鼻
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 鼻
Jin Taiyuan 聞
Min Bei Jian'ou 鼻
Min Dong Fuzhou 鼻
Min Nan Xiamen 鼻
Quanzhou 鼻
Zhangzhou 鼻
Taipei 鼻
Kaohsiung 鼻
Penang 味
Chaozhou 鼻
Wu Shanghai 聞
Suzhou 聞
Wenzhou 嗅, 聽
Xiang Changsha 聞
Shuangfeng 嗅

Compounds
Derived terms from 聞

Pronunciation 2
Rime
Character 聞
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 亡運切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /miunH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /munH/
Li
Rong		 /miuənH/
Wang
Li		 /mĭuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wèn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 聞
Reading # 2/2
No. 8968
Phonetic
component		 門
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 問
Old
Chinese		 /*mɯns/

Definitions

聞

  1. † reputation; renown; prestige
  2. † famous; renowned

Compounds
Derived terms from 聞

Japanese

Kanji
聞

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. hear

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

聞 • (mun)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 문 (revised: mun, McCune–Reischauer: mun, Yale: mun)
    • Name (hangeul): 들을 문
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Vietnamese

Han character

聞 (văn)

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