声调 (shēng diào)

Character breakdown

• 声 (shēng) · 7 strokes

  Remnant of the character 殸 (stone chimes). Depicts a musical stone chime hung up on a rope. Simplified form of 聲.

• 调 (diào) · 10 strokes

  Simplified form of 調. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.