闻 — to hear; news; well-known
to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell
- Pinyin
- wén · Wén
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
This character has more than one reading — wén, Wén — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 闻: 9 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 闻 in the HSK syllabus: 12
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 新闻xīnwénnewsHSK 3
- 闻wénto hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fameHSK 4
- 闻名wénmíngwell-known; famous; renowned; eminentHSK 6
- 丑闻chǒuwénscandalHSK 7–9
- 传闻chuánwénrumorHSK 7–9
- 绯闻fēiwénsex scandalHSK 7–9
- 孤陋寡闻gūlòu-guǎwénignorant and inexperiencedHSK 7–9
- 骇人听闻hàiréntīngwénshocking; horrifying; atrocious; terribleHSK 7–9
- 见闻jiànwénwhat one has seen and heard; knowledgeHSK 7–9
- 默默无闻mòmò-wúwénunknown; unrenownedHSK 7–9
- 喜闻乐见xǐwén-lèjiànto love to hear and see; well receivedHSK 7–9
- 远近闻名yuǎnjìn-wénmíngto be known far and wide; to be well-knownHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.