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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
wén - surname Wen
wén - to hear
- news
- well-known
- famous
- reputation
- fame
- to smell
- to sniff at

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 2 1,234 3,621 3,316

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Ear

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
新闻 3 2 900 712 954
5 2 1,234 3,621 3,316
丑闻 - 7 5,909 10,230 18,050
传闻 - 7 6,764 7,389 10,162
闻到 - - 7,277 12,078 8,058
绯闻 - 8 8,794 12,033 9,898
闻名 - 7 9,356 11,376 16,877
难闻 - - 10,707 30,315 25,146
新闻界 - - 14,598 15,381 44,430
新闻记者 - - 15,929 24,999 30,266
耳闻 - - 16,467 29,961 30,818
默默无闻 - 8 18,390 22,155 20,486
不闻不问 - - 19,208 32,250 23,270
骇人听闻 - 9 20,346 36,651 35,073
新闻网 - - 22,241 - -
闻所未闻 - - 22,365 41,798 45,078
耸人听闻 - - 24,445 43,147 44,210
要闻 - - 24,973 37,475 27,496
所见所闻 - - 26,196 33,564 27,892
奇闻 - - 26,419 39,561 25,086
趣闻 - - 26,648 50,740 37,402
新闻稿 - - 27,546 38,423 33,229
充耳不闻 - - 27,790 47,907 37,128
置若罔闻 - - 28,788 43,556 54,904
闻名于世 - - 30,212 37,404 42,791
举世闻名 6 9 30,405 39,685 47,592
花边新闻 - - 34,102 64,516 50,873
闻风丧胆 - - 34,649 59,625 50,924
新闻学 - - 35,992 - -
久闻大名 - - 36,415 - 75,166
旧闻 - - 36,746 65,438 44,792
孤陋寡闻 - 9 38,516 50,477 29,004
闻名遐迩 - - 41,172 44,751 39,816
远近闻名 - 9 42,317 38,027 59,213
见闻 6 - 44,118 28,336 22,934
前所未闻 - - 44,538 92,913 98,360
风闻 - - 45,695 65,536 86,164
闻讯 - - 46,248 12,771 39,319
轶闻 - - 46,323 91,380 77,393
逸闻 - - 46,590 - -
讣闻 - - 51,000 - -
听而不闻 - - 51,174 83,711 74,049
闻风而动 - - 52,979 53,120 89,162
百闻不如一见 - - 53,102 83,025 64,435
喜闻乐见 6 - 67,380 25,758 20,855
秘闻 - - 89,959 58,431 58,501
耳闻目睹 - 9 95,840 56,693 85,527
珍闻 - - 98,004 - -