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声 — 7 strokes / Radical「士」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 7 strokes / Radical「士」
On
セイせい · sei
Kun
こえkoe
Meaning
voice

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Said to come from the sound of striking a stone chime.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセイせいsei声楽せいがく声援せいえん名声めいせい
Onショウしょうshō大音声だいおんせい
Kunこえkoe声こえ呼び声よびごえ歌声うたごえ
Kunこわkowa声色こわいろ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 大声おおごえ

    loud voice

  • 歌声うたごえ

    singing voice

More words with this kanji

  • 鳴き声なきごえ
  • 泣き声なきごえ
  • 歓声かんせい
  • 涙声なみだごえ
  • 叫声きょうせい
  • 罵声ばせい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

大(おお)きな 声(こえ)で うたいます。

I sing in a loud voice.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

大声歌声声大big歌song売to sel…士samura…壬ninth…壮robust壱one西west星star晴clear井well生life
CompoundRadicalReading

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