Kanji1 / 7
声 kanji
voice
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
セイショウ
Kun readings
こえこわ-
Variant forms
聲Words with 声
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鄭声(decadent) music of the state of Zheng
- —声道vocal tract
- —声母initial (part of Chinese syllable)
- —喊声battle cry; war cry
- —仄声oblique tones (the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone)
- —声質voice quality; type of voice
- —声涙tearful voice
- —淫声screams produced during sex; bawdy song; song of low character
- —伝声verbal message; relaying a message
- —瀑声sound of a waterfall
- —雷声sound of thunder; large, thunderous voice
- —軽声neutral tone (in spoken Chinese)
- —嗄声hoarseness; hoarse voice
- —拡声voice amplification
- —変声voice change; voice break
- —声符verbal command (in dog training); sound part of a semasio-phonetic kanji
- —叱声abusive voice; scolding voice; angry words
- —砧声sound of fulling blocks pounding cloth
- —蛙声sound of frogs croaking
- —蝉声cicada singing