噂

噂	U+5642, 噂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5642

← 噁
[U+5641]

CJK Unified Ideographs

噃 →
[U+5643]

Translingual

Han character

噂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿田戈 (RTWI), four-corner 6804₆, composition ⿰口尊)

References

KangXi: 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
simp. ^#		噂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尊) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
尊	*ʔsuːn
樽	*ʔsuːn
罇	*ʔsuːn
嶟	ʔsuːn, ʔsun
繜	*ʔsuːn
撙	*ʔsuːnʔ
噂	*ʔsuːnʔ
譐	*ʔsuːnʔ
僔	*ʔsuːnʔ
蹲	*zuːn
鱒	zuːnʔ, zuːns
鐏	*zuːns
遵	*ʔsun
鷷	ʔsun, zun
墫	*sʰun
竴	*sʰun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsuːnʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 尊 (OC *ʔsuːn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǔn (zun³)
(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun²

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): /t͡swən²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun²
  - Yale: jyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡suən^X/

Rime
Character	噂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	兹損切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suən^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suon^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swən^X/
Li Rong	/t͡suən^X/
Wang Li	/t͡suən^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suən^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǔn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyun²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	噂
Reading #	1/1
No.	17990
Phonetic component	尊
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𠟃
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuːnʔ/

Definitions

噂

to talk together

Compounds

噂噂
噂噆

噂沓

噂議／噂议

Japanese

Kanji

噂

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
噂
うわさ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

*/upasa/ → /ufasa/ → /uwasa/

May be from Old Japanese. Appears from at least The Tale of Genji from the early 1000s CE.

Considering that the meaning originally referred to private conversation about one's social superiors, possibly derived as a compound of 上 (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).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) うわさ [ùwásá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠sa̠]

Noun

噂(うわさ) • (uwasa) ^{←うはさ (ufasa)^?}

rumor, rumour
gossip

Synonyms

風(ふう)説(せつ) (fūsetsu)
風(ふう)聞(ぶん) (fūbun)
世(せ)評(ひょう) (sehyō)

Verb

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

to talk gossip (about)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "噂する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	噂し	うわさし	uwasa shi
Continuative (連用形)	噂し	うわさし	uwasa shi
Terminal (終止形)	噂する	うわさする	uwasa suru
Attributive (連体形)	噂する	うわさする	uwasa suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	噂すれ	うわさすれ	uwasa sure
Imperative (命令形)	噂せよ¹ 噂しろ²	うわさせよ¹ うわさしろ²	uwasa seyo¹ uwasa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	噂される	うわさされる	uwasa sareru
Causative	噂させる噂さす	うわささせるうわささす	uwasa saseru uwasa sasu
Potential	噂できる	うわさできる	uwasa dekiru
Volitional	噂しよう	うわさしよう	uwasa shiyō
Negative	噂しない	うわさしない	uwasa shinai
Negative continuative	噂せず	うわさせず	uwasa sezu
Formal	噂します	うわさします	uwasa shimasu
Perfective	噂した	うわさした	uwasa shita
Conjunctive	噂して	うわさして	uwasa shite
Hypothetical conditional	噂すれば	うわさすれば	uwasa sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Idioms

噂(うわさ)をすれば (uwasa o sureba)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

噂 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

噂: Hán Nôm readings: ton

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN