声
shēng HSK2

sound

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approved by Prismcool · Jan 17, 2024, 06:07 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jan 17, 2024, 06:07 AM

Changed etymology

Changed fields: hint, components, customSources, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

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

Components

糸
糸 Iconic component

Depicts a rope. Modern form looks like unrelated 士.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 糸 than it was in ancient scripts.
石
石 Iconic component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 石 than it was in ancient scripts.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode