Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
声
These are the forms of 聲, the traditional character: 声 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 曹魏 - See all 11 forms
调
These are the forms of 調, the traditional character: 调 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 3 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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她声调突然变了。
There was a sudden change in her tone.
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如果你是中国文化爱好者，或许可以读《古汉语声调的起源》这篇文章。
If you are a China fan, maybe read the article "Origins of Tones in Old Chinese."
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汉语是一个声调语言。
Chinese is a tonal language.
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请把音乐声调小！
Please turn down the music.