声 U+58F0, 声 ← 壯[U+58EF] CJK Unified Ideographs 壱 →[U+58F1] Stroke order Japanese 声 Simplified 声 Traditional 聲
声 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+4, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 土日竹 (GAH), four-corner 40207, composition ⿱士𠃜)
- 殸
- 聲 (Orthodox traditional form of 声)
- 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
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.
For pronunciation and definitions of 声 – see 磬 (“stone chimes; sounding stone; qing; inverted bell”).(This character is a variant form of 磬).
- 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
Shinjitai 声 Kyūjitai 聲
(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 聲)
- voice
- 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)
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.
- IPA(key): [ko̞e̞]
- (Tokyo) こえ [kóꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- (Kyōto) こえ [kòéꜜ] (Teiki)
- (Kyūshū) こえ [kòé] (type B)
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 kikuBecause 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
- chirping, singing
- sound
- a voiced sound
- (archaic) a Sino-Japanese pronunciation or reading of a Chinese character, as opposed to its 訓 (kun) or native Japanese counterpart
- 声(こえ)を殺(ころ)す (koe o korosu)
- 声(こえ)を出(だ)す (koe o dasu)
Kanji in this term 声 せいGrade: 2 kan’on Alternative spelling 聲 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).
- IPA(key): [se̞ː]
声(せい) • (sei)
- voice
- speech, word
- fame, honor, reputation
- Chinese character pronunciation
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).
- IPA(key): [ɕo̞ː]
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)
- 乱(らん)声(じょう) (ranjō)
- 連(れん)声(じょう) (renjō)
声(しょう) • (shō) ←しやう (syau)?
- voice, sound
- expression, speech
- tone (in Chinese linguistics)
- “声”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- Kun: くぃー (kwī, 声)
Kanji in this term 声 くぃーGrade: 2 kun’yomi Alternative spelling 聲 (kyūjitai)
Cognate with modern Japanese 声 (koe).
- (Shuri) くぃー [kwìì] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [kwiː]
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 chichunto hear (about somebody), to hear word (of someone), to catch wind (of someone)
- “くぃー【声】” in JLect – Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
声: Hán Việt readings: thanh[1][2][3][4] 声: Nôm readings: thinh[1][2][4], thiêng[1][4], thình[1][4], thênh[1]
- Variant of 聲, see there for more details.
- chữ Nôm form of thênh (“vast; spacious”)
- chữ Nôm form of thiêng (“sacred; holy”)
- chữ Nôm form of thinh (“silent, speechless”)
- chữ Nôm form of thình (“bang; thud”)
