有声

See also: 有聲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 有声 – see 有聲 (“to have sound or voice; to have a reputation; to be renown”). (This term is the simplified form of 有聲).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
有	声
ゆう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
有聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 有 (yū, “to have, possess, own”) +‎ 声 (sei, “voice”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうせー [yùúséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːse̞ː]

Noun

有(ゆう)声(せい) • (yūsei) 

1. (phonetics) sonant, vocal, phonic; the quality of being voiced

Antonyms

• 無声(むせい) (musei, “voiceless”)

Derived terms

• 有声音(ゆうせいおん) (yūseion, “sonant, a voiced sound”)
• 有声子音(ゆうせいしいん) (yūsei shiin, “voiced consonant”)

See also

• 有気(ゆうき) (yūki, “aspiration, aspirated”)
• 無気(むき) (muki, “non-aspiration, unaspirated”)

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN