| Radical: | 耳+ 8 strokes = 14 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.109#31 p.395#36 Kangxi: p.968#11 Cihai: p.1084r3c01 GSR: 441.f Hanyu: v7,p4294#12 |
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| Composition: | Top, left and right: 门, bottom: 耳. Component of: 𭏾 𤀳 𡣟 𦘁 𨷝 |
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| Mandarin: | wén wèn ㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ |
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| Cantonese: | man4 man6 |
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| Tang reconstruction: | *miən |
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| Shuowen: | 《》闻：知闻也。从耳门声。 |
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| Guangyun: | 《···》闻：《》曰：知声也。又音问。
《···》闻：名达诗曰令闻令望。 |
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| Kangxi: | 《··》闻：〔古文〕𦕁䎽䎹𦖫𥹢《唐韵》《集韵》𠀤无分切，音文。《》知闻也。《·》帝曰：兪，予闻如何。《礼·少仪》闻始见君子者。《疏》谓作记之人，不敢自专制其仪，而传闻旧说，故云。又《礼·玉藻》凡于尊者，有献而弗敢以闻。《·》举吏民能假贷贫民者以闻。又姓。《正字通》宋咸平进士闻见。明尚书闻渊。又闻人，复姓。《后汉·灵帝纪》太仆沛国闻人袭爲太尉。《注》姓闻人，名袭，风俗通曰：少正卯，鲁之闻人，其后氏焉。又兽名。《》杳山有兽焉，其状如彘，黄身白头白尾，名曰闻𧲂，见则天下大风。又《》亡运切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》文运切，𠀤音问。《韵会》声所至也。《·》声闻于天。《书·吕𠛬》𠛬发闻惟腥。《释文》闻，音问，又如字。又《》名达。《·》尔惟践修厥猷，旧有令闻。《·》令闻令望。《朱注》令闻，善誉也。又通作问。《前汉·匡衡传》淑问扬乎疆外。又《韵补》叶无沿切，音近眠。《·》孤臣唫而抆泪兮，放子出而不还。孰能思而不隐兮，昭彭咸之所闻。还音旋。 |
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| Fanqie: | 无分 (《···》) 亡运 (《···》) |
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| Unihan definition: | hear; smell; make known; news |
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| 闻 |
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wén ㄨㄣˊ (1.1): 听到，听见。 Hear.
| 《·》: | 子墨子曰：“吾非与之并世同时，亲闻其声，见其色也。” | | Mozi said: I am no contemporary of theirs, neither have I heard their voice or seen their faces. | | 《·》: | 使之闻之。 | | In order that Bei might hear him. | | 《·》: | 闻其声，不忍食其肉。 | | Having heard their dying cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh. | | 《·》: | 故有焱氏为之颂曰：‘听之不闻其声，视之不见其形，充满天地，苞里六极。’ | | Hence it is said in the eulogy of the Lord of Yan, "You listen for it, and do not hear its sound; you look for it, and do not perceive its form; it fills heaven and earth; it envelopes all within the universe." | | 《·》: | 人茍或言之，必闻其声。 | | If one speaks, you are sure to hear his voice. | | 《·》: | 我闻其声、不见其身。 | | I heard his voice, But did not see his person. |
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wén ㄨㄣˊ (1.2): 使听到。 Make hear.
| 《》: | 乃有蜚语为恶言闻上，故以十二月晦论弃市渭城。 |
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wén ㄨㄣˊ (2): 听説，知道。 Have heard, become aware of.
| 《·》: | 吾闻之曰：“非无安居也，我无安心也。” | | 'I have heard it said: It is not that there is no peaceful abode but that I have no peaceful heart (over others' homelessness). | | 《·》: | 吾闻之也，君子周急不继富。 | | I have heard that a superior man helps the distressed, but does not add to the wealth of the rich. | | 《·》: | 吾闻之也：君子不以其所以养人者害人。 | | I have heard this - that a ruler does not injure his people with that wherewith he nourishes them. | | 《·》: | 肩吾问于连叔曰：“吾闻言于接舆，大而无当，往而不反。” | | Jian Wu asked Lian Shu, saying, 'I heard Jie Yu talking words which were great, but had nothing corresponding to them (in reality); once gone, they could not be brought back.' | | 《·》: | 纣怒曰：“吾闻圣人心有七窍。” | | Who in a rage said, 'I have heard that the heart of a holy man has seven apertures,' | | 《·》: | 三，孔子泫然流涕曰：“吾闻之：古不修墓。” | | They told him this thrice without his giving them any answer. He then wept freely, and said, 'I have heard that the ancients did not need to repair their graves.' |
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wén ㄨㄣˊ (3): 见识，见闻。 Knowledge, experience.
| 《·》: | 友直，友谅，友多闻，益矣。 | | Friendship with the uplight; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation - these are advantageous. | | 《·》: | 多闻曰博，少闻曰浅。 |
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wén ㄨㄣˊ (4): 传説，事迹。 Rumour, saying.
| 《·》: | 陈亢问于伯鱼曰：“子亦有异闻乎？” | | Chen Kang asked Bo Yu, saying, "Have you heard any lessons from your father different from what we have all heard?" |
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wén ㄨㄣˊ (5): 闻名，著名。 Renowned, well-known.
| 《·》: | 荆有善相人者，所言无遗策，闻于国，庄王见而问焉。 | | 《·》: | 楚人有善相人，所言无遗策，闻于国。 |
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wén ㄨㄣˊ (6): 传播，传布。 Spread, disseminate.
| 《·》: | 鹤鸣于九皋、声闻于野。 | | The crane cries in the ninth pool of the marsh, And her voice is heard in the [distant] wilds. | | 《·》: | 鹤：鸣九臯，声闻于天。 | | 《·》: | 不祇山川，则威令不闻。 |
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wèn ㄨㄣˋ (7): 名声，名望。 Reputation, fame.
| 《·》: | 四十、五十而无闻焉，斯亦不足畏也已。 | | If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect. | | 《·》: | 古之明王不失此三德者，故能光有天下，而和宁百姓，令闻不忘。 | | 《·》: | 故臣下莫敢不竭力尽死以报其上，功德立于后世，而令闻不忘也。 |
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wèn ㄨㄣˋ (8): Same as “” wèn ㄨㄣˋ: 問候，慰問。 Inquire after, give regards to.
| 《·》: | 谓他人昆、亦莫我闻。 | | I call a stranger elder-brother, But he will not listen to me. |
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