聞
wen2Mathews: 7142
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 43.4
4th Line★
(but) to hear; listen to
臀無膚，其行次且。牽羊悔亡，聞言不信。
A rump with no skin
One’s progress is inferior now
To be led like a sheep, regrets would pass
But to hear the words is not comprehension
Stats: 128+8→ 56.6x
Xiao Xiang 6
(an) enquiry; to hear, listen, enquire
以旅在上，其義焚也。丧牛于易，終莫之聞也。
56.6x Considering that the wanderer is at the top
This one is understandably burned
* Forfeiting cattle in the exchange:
In the end, nobody comes to enquire
→ 43.4
Xiao Xiang 4
to hear
其行次且，位不當也。聞言不信，聰不明也。
43.4x One’s progress (is) second-rate now:
The position (was) not appropriate
* To hear the words is not comprehension:
Quick to hear (but) not much clarity
Homophones (wen)
文wen2(a, the) refinement, style, culture, literacy, cultivation, civilization, enhancement, articulation, adornment, accomplishment, design, pattern, stroke, line, stripe, vein, grain, composition; written character, document, literature; manners, polite studies; (to be) fine, refined, stylish, cultured, cultivated, civil, civilized, elegant, enhanced, accomplished, composed, articulate, literate, literary, coherent, scholarly, genteel, polished, polite, orderly; patterned, striped, variegated, ornate; (to) enhance, civilize, cultivate, embellish, articulate, delineate, refine (s, ed, ing); (to have) style, has style問wen4question, interrogate, ask (ing) after
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