声

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

殸

Additional Derived Characters

𠴢, 𬊽, 𨧅, 𡁩, 𫯆, 𫸌, 𪤲, 𭮶, 𮊩, 𰋌, 𤍌, 𱘠, 𫯅, 𫯇, 𱘢, 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). The character itself is a pictogram (象形) of a stone chime. See 殸.

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	声
Kyūjitai	聲

Kanji

声

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 聲)

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)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

声

Wikipedia ^ja

⟨ko₂we⟩ → */kəwe/ → /kowe/ → /koe/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kəwai.

Further derivation unknown.

Pronunciation

(Kyōto) こえ [kòéꜜ] (Teiki)

(Kyūshū) こえ [kòé] (type B)

(Tokyo) こえ [kóꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞e̞]

Noun

声(こえ) • (koe) ^{←こゑ (kowe)^?}

a voice
- 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, 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]
an accent
a feedback
(in the form 〜の声を聞く (...no koe o kiku), lit. “listenable voice”) a feeling, sound, or tone of something
chirping, singing
sound
a voiced sound
(archaic) a Sino-Japanese pronunciation or reading of a Chinese character, as opposed to its 訓 (kun) or native Japanese counterpart

Derived terms

Idioms

声(こえ)を殺(ころ)す (koe o korosu)
声(こえ)を出(だ)す (koe o dasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
声
せい Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞ː]

Affix

声(せい) • (sei)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
声
しょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
聲 (kyūjitai)

/sjau/ → /ɕau/ → /ɕɔː/ → /ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Noun

声(しょう) • (shō) ^{←しやう (syau)^?}

a voice, speech
a tone
a variation of stress in pronunciation
short for 声点 (shōten): a tone mark (in Middle Chinese)

Derived terms

乱(らん)声(じょう) (ranjō)
連(れん)声(じょう) (renjō)

Affix

声(しょう) • (shō) ^{←しやう (syau)^?}

Derived terms

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kojima, Noriyuki with Arai Eizō (1989) [905], Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
^ Laurel Rasplica Rodd, Mary Catherine Henkenius (1996), Kokinshū - A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, page 29

“声”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Okinawan

Kanji

声

(Second grade 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 modern Japanese 声 (koe).

Pronunciation

(Shuri) くぃー [kwìì] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kwiː]

Noun

声(くぃー) (kwī)

a voice
a news, word, or something said (of someone)
声(くぃー)聞(ち)ちゅん
kwī chichun
to hear (about somebody), to hear word (of someone), to catch wind (of someone)

Derived terms

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

声: Hán Việt readings: thanh^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
声: Nôm readings: thinh^[1]^[2]^[4], thiêng^[1]^[4], thình^[1]^[4], thênh^[1]

Variant of 聲, see there for more details.
chữ Nôm form of thênh (“vast; spacious”)
chữ Nôm form of thiêng (“sacred; holy”)
chữ Nôm form of thinh (“silent, speechless”)
chữ Nôm form of thình (“bang; thud”)

Compounds

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
^ Trần (2004).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Takeuchi (1988).

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[3] Kojima, Noriyuki with Arai Eizō (1989) [905], 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

[tdcndg-5] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-6] 2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-7] Trần (2004).

[takeuchi-8] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Takeuchi (1988).

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