Where does “有声” come from?

有声 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 有, from Middle Chinese 有.

有声 (Japanese): sonant, vocal, phonic; the quality of being...

Definitions

  1. sonant, vocal, phonic; the quality of being...

Ancestry of “有声”, step by step

有声 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 有

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese有existence; possession; Synonym of 有
2Middle Chinese有—

via Japanese 声

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese声voice; voice, speech; tone
2Middle Chinese聲sound, voice

Words derived from “有声”

Every word from Middle Chinese 有 →Every word from Japanese 有 →