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声 shēng — “sound, voice”

How to write and say the Chinese character 声 (shēng), which means sound, voice — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Me & my body.

Stroke order笔顺

声 is written with 7 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Simplified from 聲 — a stone chime being struck, ringing out a sound.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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