The kanji 声: meaning, readings and stroke order

声

Meaning: voice
On reading: セイ sei、ショウ* shou
Kun reading: こえ koe、こわ* kowa
Strokes: 7
Radical: 士 scholar, bachelor
Level: Level 2 · grade 2
Old form: 聲

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giọng, tiếng (thanh)
Japanese: こえ。
Korean: 목소리 (성)
Chinese: 声音

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading · less common

声せい楽がく
singing, vocal music
姉は 声せい楽がくをならっています。
My big sister is taking singing lessons.

こえ koe · kun reading

声こえ
voice
大きな 声こえで歌います。
I sing in a loud voice.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.