噂

Translingual

Han character

噂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿田戈 (RTWI), four-corner 6804₆, composition ⿰口尊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 208, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4286
• Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 686, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5642

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Chinese

trad.		噂
simp. #		噂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
尊	*ʔsuːn
樽	*ʔsuːn
罇	*ʔsuːn
嶟	*ʔsuːn, *ʔsun
繜	*ʔsuːn
撙	*ʔsuːnʔ
噂	*ʔsuːnʔ
譐	*ʔsuːnʔ
僔	*ʔsuːnʔ
蹲	*zuːn
鱒	*zuːnʔ, *zuːns
鐏	*zuːns
遵	*ʔsun
鷷	*ʔsun, *zun
墫	*sʰun
竴	*sʰun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsuːnʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔn (zun³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔn
    • Wade–Giles: tsun³
    • Yale: dzwǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoen
    • Palladius: цзунь (czunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyun²
    • Yale: jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tswonX

Rime
Character	噂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	兹損切
Baxter	tswonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suənX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suonX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swənX/
Li Rong	/t͡suənX/
Wang Li	/t͡suənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	噂
Reading #	1/1
No.	17990
Phonetic component	尊
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𠟃
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 噂

1. to talk together

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Japanese

Kanji

噂

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: そん (son)
• Kan-on: そん (son)
• Kun: うわさ (uwasa, 噂)^{←うはさ (ufasa, 噂, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
噂
うわさ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

*/upasa/ → /ufasa/ → /uwasa/

May be from Old Japanese. Appears from at least The Tale of Genji from the early 1000s CE.

Considering that the meaning originally referred to private conversation about one's social superiors, possibly derived as a compound of 上 (ufa, “up, upward”, ancient reading of modern uwa, the combining form of modern ue; in reference to those of higher social standing) +‎ さ (sa, “-ness”, suffix indicating state or degree).

Noun

噂(うわさ) • (uwasa) ^{←うはさ (ufasa)?}

1. rumor (US), rumour (UK)
2. gossip

Synonyms

• 風(ふう)説(せつ) (fūsetsu)
• 風(ふう)聞(ぶん) (fūbun)
• 世(せ)評(ひょう) (sehyō)

Verb

噂(うわさ)する • (uwasa suru) transitive suru (stem 噂(うわさ)し (uwasa shi), past 噂(うわさ)した (uwasa shita))

1. to talk gossip (about)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "噂する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	噂し	うわさし	uwasa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	噂し	うわさし	uwasa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	噂する	うわさする	uwasa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	噂する	うわさする	uwasa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	噂すれ	うわさすれ	uwasa sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	噂せよ¹ 噂しろ²	うわさせよ¹ うわさしろ²	uwasa seyo¹ uwasa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	噂される	うわさされる	uwasa sareru
Causative	噂させる 噂さす	うわささせる うわささす	uwasa saseru uwasa sasu
Potential	噂できる	うわさできる	uwasa dekiru
Volitional	噂しよう	うわさしよう	uwasa shiyō
Negative	噂しない	うわさしない	uwasa shinai
Negative continuative	噂せず	うわさせず	uwasa sezu
Formal	噂します	うわさします	uwasa shimasu
Perfective	噂した	うわさした	uwasa shita
Conjunctive	噂して	うわさして	uwasa shite
Hypothetical conditional	噂すれば	うわさすれば	uwasa sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Idioms

• 噂(うわさ)をすれば (uwasa o sureba)

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Korean

Hanja

噂 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 噂 (ton)

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