Wiktionary

聲

See also: 声 and 蟹
聲 U+8072, 聲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8072
← 聱
[U+8071] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 聳 →
[U+8073]

Translingual edit

Japanese 声
Simplified 声
Traditional 聲

Han character edit

聲 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土水尸十 (GESJ), four-corner 47401, composition ⿱殸耳)

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 969, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29166
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1420, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2794, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8072

Chinese edit

trad. 聲
simp. 声*
alternative forms 𠴢
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Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 聲
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Qin slip script Small seal script
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (殸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
殸 *kʰreːŋ, *kʰeːŋs
聲 *qʰjeŋ
謦 *kʰeːŋʔ, *kʰeːŋs
磬 *kʰeːŋs
罄 *kʰeːŋs
馨 *qʰeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰjeŋ) : phonetic 殸 (OC *kʰreːŋ, *kʰeːŋs) + semantic 耳 (“ear”).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • sing1 - literary;
  • seng1 - vernacular.
Note:
  • seng - literary;
  • siaⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • sêng1 - literary;
  • sian1 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 聲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 書盈切
Baxter syeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕiajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sing1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聲
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syeng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[l̥]eŋ/
English sound (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 聲
Reading # 1/1
No. 10514
Phonetic
component 		殸
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		聲
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰjeŋ/

Definitions edit

聲

  1. sound; noise; voice (Classifier: 把 c)
    我聽到尖叫聲。／我听到尖叫声。  ―  Wǒ tīng dào jiānjiào shēng.  ―  I heard someone scream.
    鈴聲將我喚醒。／铃声将我唤醒。  ―  Língshēng jiāng wǒ huànxǐng.  ―  I was roused by the sound of a bell.
    遠處傳來火車的汽笛聲。 [MSC, trad.]
    远处传来火车的汽笛声。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yuǎnchù chuánlái huǒchē de qìdí shēng. [Pinyin]
    The sound of a train's whistle came from a distance.
    槍炮聲使群眾驚慌失措。 [MSC, trad.]
    枪炮声使群众惊慌失措。 [MSC, simp.]
    Qiāngpào shēng shǐ qúnzhòng jīnghuāngshīcuò. [Pinyin]
    The crowd panicked at the sound of the guns.
    電話冇聲／电话冇声 [Cantonese]  ―  din6 waa6-2 mou5 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  no sound on the phone
  2. (literary) music
  3. (literary) words; speech
  4. (literary) to make a sound; to sound
    不聲不響／不声不响  ―  bùshēngbùxiǎng  ―  quiet; silent
  5. reputation
    聲望／声望  ―  shēngwàng  ―  popularity
    名聲／名声  ―  míngshēng  ―  reputation
    聲譽／声誉  ―  shēngyù  ―  reputation
  6. news; messages
  7. tone
    四聲／四声  ―  sìshēng  ―  the four tones of Classical and Modern Chinese
  8. to declare; to state
    聲明／声明  ―  shēngmíng  ―  declaration; statement
    聲稱／声称  ―  shēngchēng  ―  to claim, to declare
    聲討／声讨  ―  shēngtǎo  ―  to denounce
  9. Classifier for sounds.
    一聲槍響／一声枪响  ―  yī shēng qiāngxiǎng  ―  the sound of a gunshot
    說聲「我愛你」／说声「我爱你」  ―  shuō shēng “wǒ ài nǐ”  ―  say "I love you"
    講聲「多謝」都冇 [Cantonese, trad.]
    讲声「多谢」都冇 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gong2 seng1 “do1 ze6” dou1 mou5 [Jyutping]
    without saying even "thank you"
  10. (Cantonese) Suffix used to form adjectives with onomatopoeia.
    啦啦聲／啦啦声 [Cantonese]  ―  laa4 laa4-2 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  quick
    𠽌𠽌聲／𠽌𠽌声 [Cantonese]  ―  syut4 syut4-2 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  with a sucking sound
  11. (Cantonese) Suffix used after large numerals to express the magnitude of a number.
    億億聲／亿亿声 [Cantonese]  ―  jik1 jik1 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  in the magnitudes of hundreds of millions
  12. (Cantonese, chiefly in the negative) to make a sound
    唔聲唔聲／唔声唔声 [Cantonese]  ―  m4 seng1 m4 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    聲都唔聲／声都唔声 [Cantonese]  ―  seng1 dou1 m4 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  13. (Cantonese) something that is said (Classifier: 句 c; 粒 c)
    出少句聲當幫忙 [Cantonese, trad.]
    出少句声当帮忙 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ceot1 siu2 geoi3 seng1 dong3 bong1 mong4 [Jyutping]
    shut up (literally, “say one sentence less as a help”)
    單句聲 [Cantonese, trad.]
    单句声 [Cantonese, simp.]
    daan1 geoi3 seng1 [Jyutping]
    to inform someone
    粒聲唔出／粒声唔出 [Cantonese]  ―  lap1 seng1 m4 ceot1 [Jyutping]  ―  without saying anything
  14. (Chinese phonetics) initial

Usage notes edit

  • (Cantonese suffix used to form onomatopoeia): This suffix is accompanied by a tone change in the reduplicated word, where the second occurrence is changed to the second tone (unless its original tone is the first or second tone), as seen in the examples above.

Synonyms edit

  • (sound):
Dialectal synonyms of 聲音 (“voice; sound”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聲音, 聲響, 響聲, 響, 聲, 音, 音聲, 音響 acoustics
Mandarin Beijing 聲兒, 聲音
Taiwan 聲音
Jinan 聲音, 聲兒
Xi'an 聲音, 聲
Xining 聲氣
Wuhan 聲氣, 聲音
Chengdu 聲氣, 聲音
Yangzhou 聲音, 聲
Hefei 聲音
Malaysia 聲音
Singapore 聲音
Cantonese Guangzhou 聲音, 聲
Hong Kong 聲, 聲音
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 聲
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 聲
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 聲
Taishan 聲
Yangjiang 聲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 聲
Singapore (Guangfu) 聲
Gan Nanchang 聲氣
Lichuan 聲
Pingxiang 聲
Hakka Meixian 聲音, 聲
Huiyang 聲
Dongguan (Qingxi) 聲
Heyuan (Bendihua) 聲
Wengyuan 聲音
Liannan 聲
Jiexi 聲
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 聲
Changting 聲氣
Wuping (Yanqian) 聲音
Ninghua 聲音
Ningdu 聲音
Shangyou (Shexi) 聲音
Tonggu (Sandu) 聲音
Ganzhou (Panlong) 聲音
Dayu 聲響
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 聲音, 聲
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 聲音, 聲
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 聲音, 聲
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 聲音, 聲
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 聲音, 聲
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 聲音
Hong Kong 聲音, 聲
Yangxi (Tangkou) 聲
Yangchun (Sanjia) 聲音
Xinyi (Sihe) 聲
Xinyi (Qianpai) 聲
Gaozhou (Xindong) 聲
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 聲
Huazhou (Xin'an) 聲
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 聲, 聲音
Lianjiang (Qingping) 聲
Mengshan (Xihe) 聲音
Luchuan 聲音
Senai (Huiyang) 聲
Huizhou Jixi 聲音
Jin Taiyuan 聲音, 音聲
Northern Min Jian'ou 聲音
Eastern Min Fuzhou 聲音, 聲
Southern Min Xiamen 聲, 聲說 voice
Quanzhou 聲, 聲說 voice
Zhangzhou 聲, 聲說 voice
Taipei 聲 GT, 聲說 GT, voice
Kaohsiung 聲
Yilan 聲
Changhua (Lukang) 聲
Taichung 聲
Taichung (Wuqi) 聲
Tainan 聲
Taitung 聲音
Hsinchu 聲
Penghu (Magong) 聲
Penang (Hokkien) 聲
Singapore (Hokkien) 聲
Manila (Hokkien) 聲
Chaozhou 聲
Shantou 聲
Jieyang 聲
Haifeng 聲說
Bangkok (Teochew) 聲
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 聲
Singapore (Teochew) 聲
Leizhou 聲
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 聲
Wu Shanghai 聲音
Shanghai (Chongming) 聲音
Suzhou 聲音, 響聲
Ningbo 聲音, 聲響
Wenzhou 聲音, 聲響
Xiang Changsha 聲音
Loudi 聲
Shuangfeng 聲音, 聲響
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (聲):
  • → Japanese: 声(しょう) (shō); 声(せい) (sei)
  • → Korean: 성(聲) (seong)
  • → Vietnamese: thanh (聲)

Others:

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

声

Kyūjitai

聲

Kanji edit

聲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 声)

  1. voice

Readings edit


Kanji in this term
聲
こえ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun edit

聲(こえ) • (koe) ←こゑ (kowe)?

  1. Kyūjitai form of 声: voice

Korean edit

Hanja edit

聲 (eumhun 소리 성 (sori seong))

  1. Hanja form? of 성 (“voice, sound”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

聲: Hán Việt readings: thanh[1][2]
聲: Nôm readings: thanh[1], thênh[1], thiêng[3][2], thinh[3][2], xênh[1][2]

  1. chữ Hán form of thanh (“linguistic tone, sound, voice”).
  2. Nôm form of thinh (“silent”).
  3. Nôm form of thiêng (“sacred”).

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hồ (1976).
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