surname Wen

= + : 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).
to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

= + : 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).

聞 character breakdown

ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.
surname Men
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.

Characters with 聞 as component

聞 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 聞

to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
important news story / headline
media gossip / sensational news
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
old anecdote / stories passed on from former times
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately
to respond instantly / to act at once on hearing the news
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies
to flee at hearing the news (idiom)
to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard
unbearable stink / fig. notorious
there is no-one who doesn't know that
to possess limited experience and knowledge (idiom)
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
scandal / gossip

Sentences with 聞

聞 currently does not appear in any sentence.