1. 听
  2. 闻

听

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Meta:

  1. 听 is the 285th most frequent character.
  2. 听 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 听 appears as a character in 63 words.
  4. 听 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
听 => 口, 斤
Radical :
听 => 口 (mouth), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
听 => 口, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ting1 - to listen/to hear/to obey/a can (loanword from English "tin")/classifier for canned beverages
  2. ting4 - to let/to allow

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

听 (聽)
听到 (聽到)

Medium Frequency

倾听 (傾聽)
动听 (動聽)
好听 (好聽)
打听 (打聽)
接听 (接聽)
收听 (收聽)
窃听 (竊聽)
聆听 (聆聽)
听力 (聽力)
听懂 (聽懂)
听众 (聽眾)
听见 (聽見)
听话 (聽話)
听说 (聽說)
听课 (聽課)
试听 (試聽)
难听 (難聽)

闻

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Meta:

  1. 闻 is the 823rd most frequent character.
  2. 闻 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 闻 appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. 闻 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
闻 => 门, 耳
Radical :
闻 => 门 (gate), 耳 (ear)
Graphical :
闻 => 丶, 丨, ㇆, 二, 丨, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wen2 - surname Wen
  2. wen2 - to hear/news/well-known/famous/reputation/fame/to smell/to sniff at

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 闻 (wen2): The component 门 is pronounced as 'men2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新闻 (新聞)
闻 (聞)

Medium Frequency

不闻不问 (不聞不問)
传闻 (傳聞)
喜闻乐见 (喜聞樂見)
奇闻 (奇聞)
所见所闻 (所見所聞)
新闻网 (新聞網)
绯闻 (緋聞)
闻到 (聞到)
闻名 (聞名)
听闻 (聽聞)
要闻 (要聞)
见闻 (見聞)
趣闻 (趣聞)
丑闻 (醜聞)
难闻 (難聞)
默默无闻 (默默無聞)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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