声

shēng

sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds

Radical: 士 HSK 5 qv, g, n ideographic

Components & Etymology

声 decomposes into the following components:

士

Words containing 声

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 声.

一声
yī shēng
first tone in Mandarin (high level tone)
七声
qī shēng
tones of the musical scale
上声
shǎng shēng
falling and rising tone
中声
zhōng shēng
medial (i.e. middle vowel of a syllable in Asian phonetics)
二声
èr shēng
second tone
仄声
zè shēng
oblique tone
传声
chuán shēng
microphone
低声
dī shēng
low voice
促声
cù shēng
same as 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]
假声
jiǎ shēng
falsetto
做声
zuò shēng
to speak
先声
xiān shēng
herald

Related characters (radical 士)

Characters that share the radical 士.

士 壬 壮 壯 壳 壴 壶 壹 壺 壽

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