声

See also: 聲

声 U+58F0, 声 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58F0 ← 壯 [U+58EF] CJK Unified Ideographs 壱 → [U+58F1]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	声
Simplified	声
Traditional	聲

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

Related characters

• 聲 (Orthodox traditional form of 声)

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 声 – see 磬 (“stone chimes; sounding stone; qing; inverted bell”). (This character is a variant form of 磬).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03275-001
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02865-004

Japanese

Shinjitai	声
Kyūjitai	聲

Kanji

声

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 聲)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō ^†)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: こえ (koe, 声, Jōyō)^{←こゑ (kowe, 声, historical)}、こわ (kowa, 声, Jōyō ^†)
• Nanori: おと (oto)、かた (kata)、ちか (chika)、な (na)、のぶ (nobu)、もり (mori)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
声
こえ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

⟨ko₂we⟩ → */kəwe/ → /kowe/ → /koe/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kəwai.

Further derivation unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こえ [kóꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞e̞]

Noun

声(こえ) • (koe) ^{←こゑ (kowe)?}

1. a voice
   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 16)

     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.

2. an accent
3. a feedback
4. (in the form ～の声を聞く (...no koe o kiku), lit. “listenable voice”) a feeling, sound, or tone of something
5. a voiced sound
6. (archaic) a Sino-Japanese pronunciation or reading of a Chinese character, as opposed to its 訓 (kun) or native Japanese counterpart

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 声(こわ)色(いろ) (kowairo)
• 声(こわ)先(さき) (kowasaki)
• 声(こわ)差(ざ)し (kowazashi)
• 声(こわ)尻(じり) (kowajiri)
• 声(こわ)絶(だ)え (kowadae)
• 声(こわ)高(だか) (kowadaka)
• 声(こわ)遣(づか)い (kowazukai)
• 声(こわ)付(つ)き (kowatsuki)
• 声(こわ)作(づく)り (kowazukuri)
• 声(こわ)作(づく)る (kowazukuru)
• 声(こわ)繕(づくろ)い (kowazukuroi)
• 声(こわ)音(ね) (kowane)
• 声(こわ)引(び)き (kowabiki)
• 声(こわ)低(びき) (kowabiki)
• 声(こわ)風(ぶり) (kowaburi)
• 声(こわ)技(わざ) (kowawaza)
• 産(うぶ)声(ごえ) (ubugoe)
• 呻(うめ)き声(ごえ) (umekigoe)
• 裏(うら)声(ごえ) (uragoe)
• 掛(か)け声(ごえ) (kakegoe)
• 風(かざ)声(ごえ) (kazagoe)
• 地(じ)声(ごえ) (jigoe)
• 鼻(はな)声(ごえ) (hanagoe)
• 笑(わら)い声(ごえ) (waraigoe)

Idioms

• 声(こえ)を殺(ころ)す (koe o korosu)
• 声(こえ)を出(だ)す (koe o dasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
声
せい Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).

Affix

声(せい) • (sei) 

1. voice
2. speech, word
3. fame, honor, reputation
4. Chinese character pronunciation

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 声(せい)援(えん) (seien)
• 声(せい)価(か) (seika)
• 声(せい)楽(がく) (seigaku)
• 声(せい)区(く) (seiku)
• 声(せい)帯(たい) (seitai)
• 声(せい)部(ぶ) (seibu)
• 声(せい)聞(ぶん) (seibun)
• 声(せい)明(めい) (seimei)
• 声(せい)誉(よ) (seiyo)
• 声(せい)優(ゆう) (seiyū)
• 声(せい)量(りょう) (seiryō)
• 悪(あく)声(せい) (akusei)
• 雨(う)声(せい) (usei)
• 音(おん)声(せい) (onsei)
• 歓(かん)声(せい) (kansei)
• 奇(き)声(せい) (kisei)
• 吟(ぎん)声(せい) (ginsei)
• 形(けい)声(せい) (keisei)
• 五(ご)声(せい) (gosei)
• 混(こん)声(せい) (konsei)
• 四(し)声(せい) (shisei)
• 秋(しゅう)声(せい) (shūsei)
• 銃(じゅう)声(せい) (jūsei)
• 鐘(しょう)声(せい) (shōsei)
• 水(すい)声(せい) (suisei)
• 嘆(たん)声(せい) (tansei)
• 鳥(ちょう)声(せい) (chōsei)
• 肉(にく)声(せい) (nikusei)
• 発(はっ)声(せい) (hassei)
• 美(び)声(せい) (bisei)
• 風(ふう)声(せい) (fūsei)
• 名(めい)声(せい) (meisei)
• 和(わ)声(せい) (wasei)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
声
しょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

/sjau/ → /ɕau/ → /ɕɔː/ → /ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).

Noun

声(しょう) • (shō) ^{←しやう (syau)?}

1. a voice, speech
2. a tone
3. a variation of stress in pronunciation
4. Short for 声点 (shōten): a tone mark (in Middle Chinese)

Derived terms

• 乱(らん)声(じょう) (ranjō)
• 連(れん)声(じょう) (renjō)

Affix

声(しょう) • (shō) ^{←しやう (syau)?}

1. voice, sound
2. expression, speech
3. tone (in Chinese linguistics)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 声(しょう)点(てん) (shōten)
• 声(しょう)明(みょう) (shōmyō)
• 声(しょう)聞(もん) (shōmon)
• 音(おん)声(じょう) (onjō)
• 去(きょ)声(しょう) (kyoshō)
• 四(し)声(しょう) (shishō)
• 上(じょう)声(しょう) (jōshō)
• 入(にっ)声(しょう) (nisshō)
• 平(ひょう)声(しょう) (hyōshō)

Okinawan

Kanji

声

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Kun: くぃー (kwī, 声)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
声
くぃー Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with modern Japanese 声 (koe).

Pronunciation

• (Shuri) くぃー [kwìì] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kwiː]

Noun

声(くぃー) (kwī) 

1. a voice
2. 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

Derived terms

• 声(くぃー)変(がー)い (kwīgāi)
• 声(くぃ)嗄(か)らー (kwikarā)
• 投(な)ぎ声(ぐぃー) (nagigwī)
• 泣(な)ち声(ぐぃー) (nachigwī)
• まぎ声(ぐぃー) (magigwī)

References

• “くぃー【声】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.