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Translingual

Stroke order
Shinjitai
Simplified
Traditional

Han character

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

References

  • 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

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is the simplified form of .)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. voice

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
こえ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

/kowe/ > /koe/

Pronunciation

Noun

(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji , hiragana こえ, romaji koe, historical hiragana こゑ)

  1. 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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji , hiragana しょう, romaji shō, historical hiragana しやう)

  1. voice, speech
  2. tone
  3. variation of stress in pronunciation
  4. tone mark
Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Okinawan

Kanji

(hiragana くぃー, romaji kwī)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese (koe).

Noun

(hiragana くぃー, romaji kwī)

  1. voice