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 (radical 33, 士+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土日竹 (GAH), four-corner 40207, composition ⿱士𠃜)

References
  • KangXi: page 243, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5645
  • Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 429, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+58F0

Chinese

Etymology 1
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; inverted bell”).
(This character, 声, is a variant form of 磬.)

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

/kowe/ → /koe/

Pronunciation

Noun

声 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 聲, hiragana こえ, rōmaji koe, historical hiragana こゑ)

  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

From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC ɕiᴇŋ).

Pronunciation

Noun

声 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 聲, hiragana しょう, rōmaji shō, historical hiragana しやう)

  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

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 声 (koe).

Kanji

声 (hiragana くぃー, romaji kwī)

Noun

声 (hiragana くぃー, romaji kwī)

  1. voice
  2. news (of someone); word (of someone); something said (of someone)
    声聞 (くぃーちち)ちゅん
    kwī chichichun
    To hear (about somebody), to hear word (of someone), to catch wind (of someone)"
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