Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

声 (radical 33 士+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土日竹 (GAH), 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

Japanese

Kanji

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

1. voice

Readings

• Goon: しょう (shō) < しやう (shau)
• Kan’on: せい (sei)
• Kun: こえ (koe) < こゑ (kowe)

Compounds

• 声区 (せいく) ‎(seiku): vocal register

Etymology 1

/kowe/ > /koe/

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) こ​え [kóꜜè] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞e̞]

Noun

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

1. voice
   • 905 Kokin Wakashū (poem #16)

     野辺ちかく家居しせればうぐひすのなくなるこゑは朝ななきく

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)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Noun

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

1. voice, speech
2. tone
3. variation of stress in pronunciation
4. tone mark

Derived terms

• 去声 (きょしょう) ‎(kyoshō)
• 四声 (ししょう) ‎(shishō)
• 声点 (しょうてん) ‎(shōten)
• 上声 (じょうしょう) ‎(jōshō)
• 入声 (にっしょう) ‎(nisshō)
• 平声 (ひょうしょう) ‎(hyōshō)
• 連声 (れんじょう) ‎(renjō)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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 978-4-14-011112-3

• Kojima, Noriyuki; Arai Eizō (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240005-0

Okinawan

Kanji

声 ‎(hiragana くぃー, romaji kwī)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 声 ‎(koe).

Noun

声 ‎(hiragana くぃー, romaji kwī)

1. voice