Chinese Character Wiki
声

shēng

sound

Remmant of the character 殸 (stone chimes). Depicts a musical stone chime hung up on a rope. Simplified form of 聲.

Components
糸 iconic component

糸  Iconic component

mì

  

silk

Depicts a rope. Modern form looks like unrelated 士.

石 iconic component

石  Iconic component

shí, dàn

  

stone

Evolution

声 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
声 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
声 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
声 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
声 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

声 (聲) 

shēng

sound, voice, noise; tone; music; sound; voice; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds

Most common words with 声
Freq.
Word
Meaning

声

sound

声音

voice

声明

to state

大声

loud voice

声称

to claim

Component uses

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

磬 殸

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 81.0187% of movies

382nd most common character in movies

195th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

聲

Unicode

U+58F0


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