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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
声 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土日竹 (GAH), four-corner 40207, composition ⿱士𠃜)
Derived characters
- 𠴢, 𬊽, 𨧅, 𡁩, 𫯆, 𫸌, 𪤲, 殸, 𭮶, 𮊩, 𰋌, 𤍌, 𫯅, 𫯇, 𥭺, 𡳦, 𤭩, 𣼘, 𰦂, 𪇟
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5645
- Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 429, character 1
- Unihan data for U+58F0
Chinese
Etymology 1
Simplified from 聲 (elimination of 殳 and 耳). The character itself is a pictogram (象形) of a stone chime. See 殸.
For pronunciation and definitions of 声 – see 聲 (“sound; noise; voice; music; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 聲). |
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Etymology 2
References
Japanese
Kanji
声
(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 聲)
Readings
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
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聲 (kyūjitai)
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⟨ko2we⟩ → */kəwe/ → /kowe/ → /koe/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kəwai.
Further derivation unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
声 • (koe) ←こゑ (kowe)?
- a voice
- 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 16)[3]
- 野辺ちかく家居しせればうぐひすのなくなるこゑは朝な朝なきく
- nobe chikaku iei shisereba uguisu no naku naru koe ni wa asa na asa na kiku
- Because I make my home near the fields and meadows, each and every morning, I hear the song of the mountain thrush trilling spring.[4]
- an accent
- a feedback
- (in the form ~の声を聞く (...no koe o kiku), lit. “listenable voice”) a feeling, sound, or tone of something
- a voiced sound
- (archaic) a Sino-Japanese pronunciation or reading of a Chinese character, as opposed to its 訓 (kun) or native Japanese counterpart
Derived terms
Idioms
Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
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聲 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).
Affix
声 • (sei)
- voice
- speech, word
- fame, honor, reputation
- Chinese character pronunciation
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Alternative spelling
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聲 (kyūjitai)
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/sjau/ → /ɕau/ → /ɕɔː/ → /ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).
Noun
声 • (shō) ←しやう (syau)?
- a voice, speech
- a tone
- a variation of stress in pronunciation
- Short for 声点 (shōten): a tone mark (in Middle Chinese)
Derived terms
Affix
声 • (shō) ←しやう (syau)?
- voice, sound
- expression, speech
- tone (in Chinese linguistics)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kojima, Noriyuki with Arai Eizō (1989) [905] Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ Laurel Rasplica Rodd, Mary Catherine Henkenius (1996) Kokinshū - A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, page 29
Okinawan
Kanji
声
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
Readings
Etymology
Alternative spelling
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聲 (kyūjitai)
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Cognate with modern Japanese 声 (koe).
Pronunciation
Noun
声 (kwī)
- a voice
- a news, word, or something said (of someone)
- 声聞ちゅん
- kwī chichun
- to hear (about somebody), to hear word (of someone), to catch wind (of someone)
Derived terms
References
- “くぃー【声】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.