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声 [shēng] (F​聲) sound/voice (声​音); ​响声 sound/noise; ​大声 loud voice; 声​调 tone/note; cf. ​聲 [qìng] ​𡔝/​殸/​磬

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The simple-form character 声 shēng ‘sound’ (7 strokes) is an old abbrev. of the full form ​聲 (17 strokes), in which it is a component; 声(​𡔝) is an old wr. of ​磬(​殸) qìng ‘stone chime’ (cf. ​磬).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​聲 shēng ‘sound’ combines ​耳 ěr ‘ear/hear’, and ​磬 qìng ‘stone chime’ (abbrev. phonosemantic).
    Older graphs associated with ​聲 are also connected with ​圣/​聖 and ​听/​聽 (HDZ); cf. ​聖
    Compare: ​圣/​聖 shèng ‘sage’; ​听/​聽 tīng ‘listen/hear’.
►references: Wieger:173a; Henshall:153; Karlgren:AD397; Lindqvist:316; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.429.1; Mathews:5748; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:243.04; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:042.1.04; EDOC:0
►components: ​士​𠃜​
►Cantonese: seng\ sing\
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Unicode: U+58F0
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