噂うわさ

噂うわさ U+5642, 噂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5642 ← 噁 [U+5641] CJK Unified Ideographs 噃 → [U+5643]

Translingual

Han character

噂うわさ (Kangxi radical 30, 口くち+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口くち廿にじゅう田た戈ほこ (RTWI), four-corner 6804₆, composition ⿰口くち尊みこと)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 208, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4286
• Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 686, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5642

Chinese

trad.		噂うわさ
simp. #		噂うわさ
alternative forms		譐／𬤢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尊みこと) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
尊みこと	*ʔsuːn
樽たる	*ʔsuːn
罇	*ʔsuːn
嶟	*ʔsuːn, *ʔsun
繜	*ʔsuːn
撙	*ʔsuːnʔ
噂うわさ	*ʔsuːnʔ
譐	*ʔsuːnʔ
僔	*ʔsuːnʔ
蹲つくばい	*zuːn
鱒ます	*zuːnʔ, *zuːns
鐏	*zuːns
遵	*ʔsun
鷷	*ʔsun, *zun
墫	*sʰun
竴	*sʰun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *ʔsuːnʔ) : semantic 口くち (“mouth”) + phonetic 尊みこと (OC *ʔsuːn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔn (zun³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔn
    • Wade–Giles: tsun³
    • Yale: dzwǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoen
    • Palladius: цзунь (czunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyun²
    • Yale: jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tswonX

Rime
Character	噂うわさ
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	精せい (13)
Final (韻いん)	魂たましい (55)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Closed
Division (等ひとし)	I
Fanqie	兹損そん切きり
Baxter	tswonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suənX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suonX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swənX/
Li Rong	/t͡suənX/
Wang Li	/t͡suənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	噂うわさ
Reading #	1/1
No.	17990
Phonetic component	尊みこと
Rime group	文ぶん
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𠟃
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːnʔ/

Definitions

噂うわさ

1. to talk together

Compounds

• 噂うわさ噆
• 噂うわさ噂うわさ
• 噂うわさ沓くつ
• 噂うわさ議ぎ／噂うわさ议

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	噂うわさ󠄀 噂うわさ+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
噂うわさ󠄂 噂うわさ+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	噂うわさ
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Kanji

噂うわさ

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: そん (son)
• Kan-on: そん (son)
• Kun: うわさ (uwasa, 噂うわさ)^{←うはさ (ufasa, 噂うわさ, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
噂うわさ
うわさ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

/ufasa/ → /uwasa/

First attested in works from the Muromachi period.

Considering that the meaning originally referred to private conversation about one's social superiors, possibly derived as a compound of 上うえ (ufa, “up, upward”, ancient reading of modern uwa, the combining form of modern ue; in reference to those of higher social standing) +‎ さ (sa, “-ness”, suffix indicating state or degree). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うわさ [ùwásá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟βべーた̞a̠sa̠]

• (Kyoto) う​わさ [úꜜwàsà] (Kōki)

Noun

噂うわさ(うわさ) • (uwasa) ^{←うはさ (ufasa)?}

1. rumor, rumour
2. gossip
3. Abbreviation of 噂うわさ付づけ (uwasazuke, obsolete): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Synonyms

• 風ふう(ふう)説せつ(せつ) (fūsetsu)
• 風ふう(ふう)聞(ぶん) (fūbun)
• 世よ(せ)評ひょう(ひょう) (sehyō)

Verb

噂うわさ(うわさ)する • (uwasa suru) transitive suru (stem 噂うわさ(うわさ)し (uwasa shi), past 噂うわさ(うわさ)した (uwasa shita))

1. to talk gossip (about)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "噂うわさする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	噂うわさし	うわさし	uwasa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	噂うわさし	うわさし	uwasa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	噂うわさする	うわさする	uwasa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	噂うわさする	うわさする	uwasa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	噂うわさすれ	うわさすれ	uwasa sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	噂うわさせよ¹ 噂うわさしろ²	うわさせよ¹ うわさしろ²	uwasa seyo¹ uwasa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	噂うわさされる	うわさされる	uwasa sareru
Causative	噂うわささせる 噂うわささす	うわささせる うわささす	uwasa saseru uwasa sasu
Potential	噂うわさできる	うわさできる	uwasa dekiru
Volitional	噂うわさしよう	うわさしよう	uwasa shiyō
Negative	噂うわさしない	うわさしない	uwasa shinai
Negative continuative	噂うわさせず	うわさせず	uwasa sezu
Formal	噂うわさします	うわさします	uwasa shimasu
Perfective	噂うわさした	うわさした	uwasa shita
Conjunctive	噂うわさして	うわさして	uwasa shite
Hypothetical conditional	噂うわさすれば	うわさすれば	uwasa sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Idioms

• 噂うわさ(うわさ)をすれば (uwasa o sureba)

Korean

Hanja

噂うわさ • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

噂うわさ: Hán Nôm readings: ton

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