聞	793A10   52B.00-3	部居	畫數  14	ㄨㄣˊ [wen2]  (*ㄨㄣˋ [wen4] ).
N	(1)  A surname. (2)  News, story: 新聞 news; 舊聞 old stories, hearsay tradition.
V	(1)  (LL) to hear, but (vern.) to smell; thus 聞聲 hear a noise, but 聞味 smell s.t.: 風聞 hear from gossip; 如是我聞 (Budd.) thus I have heard from Buddha; 傳聞 it is said that; 百聞不如一見 better see for oneself once than hear s.t. a hundred times; 未之前聞(LL) never heard of such a thing before; 置之罔聞 (LL) paid it no attention. (2)  (AC) to report: 弗敢以聞 dared not report. (3)  To smell: 聞到甚麼味 smell a certain smell.
Adj	(*[wen4]) Famous: 聞人，聞達 [wen4ren2], [wen4da2]↓; 博聞 well informed, widely read.
Words	1.聞達 *[wen4da2], adj., well-known: 不求聞達 (AC) did not seek fame.  2.聞見 [wen2jian4], (1)  n., (所聞所見) what one sees and hears － gen. knowledge: 聞見有限 one's knowledge is limited; (2)  ([wen2jian0]) v.t., (vern.) to smell s.t.  3.聞名 [wen2ming2], (1)  adj., famous, well-known; (2)  v.i., to hear of person's name.  4.聞人 *[wen4ren2], n., (LL) a celebrity.  5.聞聽 [wen2ting1], v.i., to hear.  6.聞望 *[wen4wang4], n., fame.