噂

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噂 U+5642, 噂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5642
← 噁
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 噃 →

Translingual

Han character

噂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿田戈 (RTWI), four-corner 68046, composition ⿰口尊)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 208, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4286
  • Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 686, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5642

Chinese

trad. 噂
simp. # 噂
alternative forms 譐／𬤢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
尊 *ʔsuːn
樽 *ʔsuːn
罇 *ʔsuːn
嶟 *ʔsuːn, *ʔsun
繜 *ʔsuːn
撙 *ʔsuːnʔ
噂 *ʔsuːnʔ
譐 *ʔsuːnʔ
僔 *ʔsuːnʔ
蹲 *zuːn
鱒 *zuːnʔ, *zuːns
鐏 *zuːns
遵 *ʔsun
鷷 *ʔsun, *zun
墫 *sʰun
竴 *sʰun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsuːnʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 噂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 兹損切
Baxter tswonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡suənX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡suonX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡suənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡swənX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡suənX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡suənX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡suənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zǔn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyun2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 噂
Reading # 1/1
No. 17990
Phonetic
component 		尊
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		𠟃
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsuːnʔ/

Definitions

噂

  1. to talk together

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “噂”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 321.

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended) 		Shinjitai
(extended)
噂󠄀
噂+󠄀?
(Adobe-Japan1)
噂󠄂
噂+󠄂?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai 噂
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Kanji

噂

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: そん (son)
  • Kan-on: そん (son)
  • Kun: うわさ (uwasa, 噂)←うはさ (ufasa, 噂, historical)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
噂
うわさ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

/ufasa/ → /uwasa/

First attested in works from the Muromachi period.[1]

Considering that the meaning originally referred to private conversation about one's social superiors, possibly derived as a compound of 上 (ufa, “up, upward”, ancient reading of modern uwa, the combining form of modern ue; in reference to those of higher social standing) +‎ さ (sa, “-ness”, suffix indicating state or degree). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

噂(うわさ) • (uwasa) ←うはさ (ufasa)?

  1. rumor, rumour
  2. gossip
  3. Abbreviation of 噂付け (uwasazuke, obsolete): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Synonyms

Verb

噂(うわさ)する • (uwasa suru) transitive suru (stem 噂(うわさ)し (uwasa shi), past 噂(うわさ)した (uwasa shita))

  1. to talk gossip (about)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "噂する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 噂し うわさし uwasa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 噂し うわさし uwasa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 噂する うわさする uwasa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 噂する うわさする uwasa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 噂すれ うわさすれ uwasa sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 噂せよ¹
噂しろ² 		うわさせよ¹
うわさしろ² 		uwasa seyo¹
uwasa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 噂される うわさされる uwasa sareru
Causative 噂させる
噂さす 		うわささせる
うわささす 		uwasa saseru
uwasa sasu
Potential 噂できる うわさできる uwasa dekiru
Volitional 噂しよう うわさしよう uwasa shiyō
Negative 噂しない うわさしない uwasa shinai
Negative continuative 噂せず うわさせず uwasa sezu
Formal 噂します うわさします uwasa shimasu
Perfective 噂した うわさした uwasa shita
Conjunctive 噂して うわさして uwasa shite
Hypothetical conditional 噂すれば うわさすれば uwasa sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Idioms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “うわさ［うはさ］ 【噂】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

噂 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

噂: Hán Nôm readings: ton

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