声
shēng HSK2

sound

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approved by Peter Olson · Jun 19, 2021, 01:01 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 19, 2021, 01:01 AM

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

Components

糸
糸 Iconic component
mì, sī silk

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
shí stone
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