噂

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

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

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

噂

1. to talk together

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

*/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).

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

噂 (hiragana うわさ, rōmaji uwasa, historical hiragana うはさ)

1. rumor (US), rumour (UK)
2. gossip

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

噂する (transitive, hiragana うわさする, rōmaji uwasa suru)

1. to talk gossip (about)

• 噂 (うわさ)をすれば (uwasa o sureba)

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

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噂 (ton)

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