Pinyin "wen2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "wen2" is split up into two parts: "w" and "(e)n2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "w"

Wu is for Willy Walrus.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)n2"

In the encampment's kitchen.

Characters pronounced wen2

文

wén = w + (e)n2

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

文 = 乂 + 亠 : Willy Walrus just entered the encampment. He wants to give his beret to the cloakroom personnel, but it's so dirty that they will only touch it with pliers. Willy Walrus is quite offended by this strange culture.

文 = 乂 + 亠 : A thick book.

文

wén = w + (e)n2

surname Wen

闻

聞

wén = w + (e)n2

to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

闻 = 耳 + 门 : Willy Walrus (w) found a trap door (门) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and after sniffing (闻) at it he finds that behind it there is a secret chamber of the Illuminati. He puts his ear (耳) to the door and tries to listen to any interesting news (闻).

闻

聞

wén = w + (e)n2

surname Wen

纹

紋

wén = w + (e)n2

line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc)

纹 = 文 + 纟 : Willy Walrus (w) wants to continue reading his favorite book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), but he finds that a silk worm (纟) left a lot of traces (纹) where it ate through the book.

蚊

wén = w + (e)n2

mosquito

蚊

螡

wén = w + (e)n2

old variant of 蚊[wen2]

蚊

蟁

wén = w + (e)n2

old variant of 蚊[wen2]

雯