声

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

Translingual
Stroke order
7 strokes
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

References
  • KangXi: 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 (shēng) (elimination of 殳 (shū) and 耳).

For pronunciation and definitions of 声 – see 聲 (“sound; noise; voice; reputation; etc.”).
(This character, 声, is the simplified and variant form of 聲.)
Notes:

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 声 – see 磬 (“stone chimes; sounding stone; qing; inverted bell”).
(This character, 声, is a variant form of 磬.)

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 声

Kyūjitai

 聲

Kanji
声

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 聲)

  1. voice

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
声
こえ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

/kowe/ → /koe/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *koway.

Pronunciation

Noun

声(こえ) • (koe) ←こゑ (kowe)?

  1. voice
    • 905 Kokin Wakashū (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]
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
声
しょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC ɕiᴇŋ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Noun

声(しょう) • (shō) ←しやう (syau)?

  1. voice, speech
  2. tone
  3. variation of stress in pronunciation
  4. tone mark
Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. Kojima, Noriyuki; Arai Eizō (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. Laurel Rasplica Rodd, Mary Catherine Henkenius (1996) Kokinshū - A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, page 29

Okinawan

Kanji
声

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
声
くぃー
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with Japanese 声 (koe).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʷiː]

Noun

声 (hiragana くぃー, rōmaji kwī)

  1. voice
  2. news (of someone); word (of someone); something said (of someone)
    声 (くぃー)聞 (ち)ちゅん
    kwīchichun
    To hear (about somebody), to hear word (of someone), to catch wind (of someone)"

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