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).

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

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

1. voice

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)

Compounds

• 声(せい)区(く) (seiku): vocal register
• 乱声(らんじょう) (ranjō)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

⟨ko₂we⟩ → */kəwe/ → /koe/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kəway.

Further derivation unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​え [kóꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞e̞]

Noun

声(こえ) • (koe) ^{←こゑ (kowe)?}

1. voice
   • 905 Kokin Wakashū (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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 呻(うめ)き声(ごえ) (umekigoe, “groan, moan”)
• 声(こえ)を殺(ころ)す (koe o korosu)
• 声(こえ)を出(だ)す (koe o dasu)
• 声(こわ)色(いろ) (kowairo)
• 声(こわ)色(いろ)遣(づかい) (kowairozukai)
• 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)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
声
しょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).

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

• 去(きょ)声(しょう) (kyoshō)
• 四(し)声(しょう) (shishō)
• 声(しょう)点(てん) (shōten)
• 声(せい)優(ゆう) (seiyū)
• 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)
• 連(れん)声(じょう) (renjō)

Okinawan

Kanji

声

(grade 2 “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 Japanese 声 (koe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʷiː]

Noun

声(くぃー) (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.