Radical 门

9 strokes

聞

gate 门 (27) + ear 耳 (88a) = hear 闻

Characters 289 and 290 are actually a mini phonetic series, with 门 acting as the phonetic (even though it is now masquerading as the radical…)

新闻 (243) xīnwén news (e.g. on TV)

You put your ear to the gate to try and hear what’s going on inside. / The fairy is telling a fairy tale, starting with, “Once upon a time…”