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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

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

  1. sound, voice, noise
  2. tone
  3. music

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , Yale seng1, sing1)


Japanese [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

/kowe/ > /koe/.

Noun [edit]

(hiragana こえ, romaji koe, historical hiragana こゑ)

  1. a 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 [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

References [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional , pinyin shēng (sheng1), Wade-Giles sheng1)

Compounds [edit]