聲

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

• 𡄔, 𫓠 (𨧅)

• 声 (Japanese shinjitai and Simplified Chinese)

• 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

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

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

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 waa^6-2 mou⁵ seng¹ [Jyutping]  ―  no sound on the phone

   • 我聞其聲、不見其身。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我闻其声、不见其身。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǒ wén qí shēng, bù jiàn qí shēn. [Pinyin]

     I heard his voice, but did not see his person.

2. (literary) music

   • 子曰：「惡紫之奪朱也，惡鄭聲之亂雅樂也，惡利口之覆邦家者。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「恶紫之夺朱也，恶郑声之乱雅乐也，恶利口之覆邦家者。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Wù zǐ zhī duó zhū yě, wù Zhèng shēng zhī luàn yǎyuè yě, wù lìkǒu zhī fù bāngjiā zhě.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "I hate the manner in which purple takes away the luster of vermilion. I hate the way in which the songs of Zheng confound the music of the Ya. I hate those who with their sharp mouths overthrow kingdoms and families."

3. (literary) words; speech

   • 臣聞古之君子，交絕不出惡聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣闻古之君子，交绝不出恶声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Chén wén gǔ zhī jūnzǐ, jiāojué bù chū èshēng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (literary) to make a sound; to sound

   不聲不響／不声不响  ―  bùshēngbùxiǎng  ―  quiet; silent

   • 風興雲蒸，事無不應；雷聲雨降，並應無窮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     风兴云蒸，事无不应；雷声雨降，并应无穷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Fēng xīng yún zhēng, shì wú bù yìng; léi shēng yǔ jiàng, bìng yìng wúqióng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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 laa^4-2 seng¹ [Jyutping]  ―  quick

    𠽌𠽌聲／𠽌𠽌声 [Cantonese]  ―  syut⁴ syut^4-2 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

• (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.

• (sound):

Others:

• → Thai: เสียง (sǐiang)
• → Vietnamese: tiếng (“voice; language; sound”)
• → Zhuang: sing

• “聲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03275

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

1. voice

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: こえ (koe, 聲)^{←こゑ (kowe, 聲, historical)}; こわ (kowa, 聲)

聲(こえ) • (koe) ^{←こゑ (kowe)?}

1. Kyūjitai form of 声: voice

聲 (eumhun 소리 성 (sori seong))

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

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”).