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U+8072, 聲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8072

[U+8071]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8073]

TranslingualEdit

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

Related charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

trad.
simp. *
alternative forms 𠴢

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Qin slip script Small seal script
     

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰjeŋ): phonetic (OC *kʰreːŋ, *kʰeːŋs) + semantic (ear).

PronunciationEdit


Note:
  • sing1 - literary;
  • seng1 - vernacular.
  • Gan
  • Hakka
  • Jin
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
  • Note:
    • seng - literary;
    • siaⁿ - vernacular.
    Note:
    • sêng1 - literary;
    • sian1 - vernacular.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (26)
    Final () (121)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    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
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10514
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qʰjeŋ/

    DefinitionsEdit

    1. sound; noise; voice (Classifier: c)
      尖叫尖叫  ―  Wǒ tīng dào jiānjiào shēng.  ―  I heard someone scream.
      喚醒唤醒  ―  Língshēng jiāng wǒ huànxǐng.  ―  I was roused by the sound of a bell.
      列車逐漸 [MSC, trad.]
      列车逐渐 [MSC, simp.]
      Wǒ tīng lièchē shēng zhújiàn yuǎn qù. [Pinyin]
      I heard the sound of the train dying away.
      槍炮使群眾驚慌失措 [MSC, trad.]
      枪炮使群众惊慌失措 [MSC, simp.]
      Qiāngpào shēng shǐ qúnzhòng jīnghuāngshīcuò. [Pinyin]
      The crowd panicked at the sound of the guns.
      電話电话 [Cantonese]  ―  din6 waa6 mou5 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  no sound on the phone
    2. reputation
        ―  shēngwàng  ―  popularity
        ―  míngshēng  ―  reputation
        ―  shēng  ―  reputation
    3. news; messages
    4. tone
        ―  shēng  ―  the four tones of Classical and Modern Chinese
    5. to declare; to state
        ―  shēngmíng  ―  declaration, statement
        ―  shēngchēng  ―  to claim, to declare
        ―  shēngtǎo  ―  to denounce
    6. Classifier for sounds.
      槍響枪响  ―  shēng qiāngxiǎng  ―  the sound of a gunshot
      我愛你我爱你  ―  shuō shēng “wǒ ài nǐ”  ―  say "I love you"
      多謝 [Cantonese, trad.]
      多谢 [Cantonese, simp.]
      gong2 seng1 “do1 ze6” dou1 mou5 [Jyutping]
      without saying even "thank you"
    7. (Cantonese) Suffix used to form adjectives with onomatopoeia.
      啦啦啦啦 [Cantonese]  ―  laa4 laa4-2 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  quick
      𠽌𠽌𠽌𠽌 [Cantonese]  ―  syut4 syut4-2 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  with a sucking sound
    8. (Cantonese) Suffix used after large numerals to express the magnitude of a number.
      亿亿 [Cantonese]  ―  jik1 jik1 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  in the magnitudes of hundreds of millions
    9. (Cantonese, chiefly in the negative) to make a sound
      [Cantonese]  ―  m4 seng1 m4 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
      都唔都唔 [Cantonese]  ―  seng1 dou1 m4 seng1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
    10. (Chinese phonetics) initial

    Usage notesEdit

    • (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.

    SynonymsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    DescendantsEdit

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

    Others:

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    Shinjitai

    Kyūjitai

    KanjiEdit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

    1. voice

    ReadingsEdit


    Kanji in this term
    こえ
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi

    NounEdit

    (こえ) (koeこゑ (kowe)?

    1. Kyūjitai form of : voice

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    (eumhun 소리 (sori seong))

    1. Hanja form? of (voice, sound).

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    : Hán Việt readings: thanh[1][2]
    : 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).

    ReferencesEdit