聞 — mun

Parts that make up 聞

How 聞 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 聞 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 門, 耳.

Korean example words with 聞

• 견문見聞 Korean gloss: 보고 들음
• 오문誤聞 Korean gloss: 잘못 들음
• 외문外聞 Korean gloss: 바깥 소문
• 괴문怪聞 Korean gloss: 괴상한 소문
• 기문奇聞 Korean gloss: 기이한 소문
• 과문寡聞 Korean gloss: 보고 들은 것이 적음
• 풍문風聞 Korean gloss: 바람처럼 떠도는 소문
• 후문後聞 Korean gloss: 어떤 일에 관한 뒷말
• 허문虛聞 Korean gloss: 근거 없이 떠도는 소문
• 문인聞人 Korean gloss: 이름이 널리 알려진 사람
• 염문艶聞 Korean gloss: 연애나 정사에 관한 소문
• 추문醜聞 Korean gloss: 추잡하고 좋지 못한 소문

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 聞

• 新聞しんぶん newspaper
• 聞かすきかす to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to inform (of)
• 新聞社しんぶんしゃ newspaper company
• 聞き手ききて hearer; listener; audience
• 新聞紙しんぶんし newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
• 前代未聞ぜんだいみもん unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled)
• 新聞記事しんぶんきじ newspaper story (article, account)
• 聞き書きききがき writing down what one hears; account of what one hears
• 聞き取りききとり listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say
• 聴聞ちょうもん listening; hearing
• 聞こえるきこえる to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears
• 聴聞会ちょうもんかい hearing (by a government agency)

Characters sharing the phonetic 門

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “문” in Korean.

Other hanja read “문”

Other hanja with radical 耳