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新闻

xīnwén

news

A person listening to a radio
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Characters in this word

新 xīn

Strokes
13
Radical
斤 — axe
Made of
亲 relatives, parents 斤 axe
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

闻 wén

Strokes
9
Radical
门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
Made of
门 gate, door, entrance, opening 耳 ear
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我看新闻。 Wǒ kàn xīnwén. I watch the news.
  • 今天新闻很多。 Jīntiān xīnwén hěn duō. There is a lot of news today.
  • 新闻来了。 Xīnwén lái le. The news has started.

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