声
shēngTraditional: 聲
#1988 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
sound, voice, tone, a measure word for sounds
Word origin
Simplified from 聲, originally a compound built around 耳 (ěr, ear) with 殸 as the phonetic, depicting a sound reaching the ear.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 耳 (ěr, ear) + 殸 (qìng, phonetic)
Stroke order
声
Examples
传。
A loud noise came from far away.
。
He called my name in a loud voice.
。
Please keep your voice down a little.
句。
She said a few words to me in a soft voice.
屋。
There was not a single sound in the room.
声 (shēng) means sound, voice or tone, and also serves as a measure word for utterances and noises (一声 a cry, a sound). It pairs with 音 to form the common compound 声音.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 声.
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