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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
声 (Kangxi radical 33, 士 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土日竹 (GAH ), four-corner 40207 , composition ⿱士 𠃜 )
Derived characters
Additional Derived Characters
𠴢 , 𬊽 , 𨧅 , 𡁩 , 𫯆 , 𫸌 , 𪤲 , 𭮶 , 𮊩 , 𰋌 , 𤍌 , 𱘠 , 𫯅 , 𫯇 , 𱘢 , 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 ).Notes:
Etymology 2
References
Japanese
Kanji
声
(Second grade kyōiku kanji , shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 聲 )
Readings
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
聲 ( kyūjitai )
⟨ko2 we⟩ → */kəwe/ → /kowe/ → /koe/
From Old Japanese , from Proto-Japonic *kəwai .
Further derivation unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
声( こえ ) • (koe ) ←こゑ ( kowe ) ?
a voice
905 –914 , Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 16)[ 3]
野( の ) 辺( べ ) ちかく家( いへ ) 居( ゐ ) しせればうぐひす のなくなるこゑ は朝( あさ ) な朝( あさ ) 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
聲 ( kyūjitai )
From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng ).
Pronunciation
Affix
声( せい ) • (sei )
voice
speech , word
fame , honor , reputation
Chinese character pronunciation
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Alternative spelling
聲 ( kyūjitai )
/sjau/ → /ɕau/ → /ɕɔː/ → /ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng ).
Pronunciation
Noun
声( しょう ) • (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( しょう ) • (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
聲 ( kyūjitai )
Cognate with modern Japanese 声 ( koe ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
声( くぃー ) (kwī )
a voice
a news , word , or something said ( of someone )
声( くぃー ) 聞( ち ) 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.