呼声
hū shēng · HSK 7
fig. opinion or demand
📣 呼 = call out + 声 = voice/sound; a called-out voice = a collective shout or demand
呼 hū means to call out or exhale; 声 shēng means sound or voice. Stack them and you get a voice raised in calling — literally a shout, and by extension the loud demand or opinion of a crowd.
声 — 士 scholar/warrior on top + 尸-like form + components (simplified from 聲)
声 is the simplified form of 聲, which originally depicted a hanging stone chime (殸) being struck, with 耳 'ear' below to show hearing. The full form combined the sound-making instrument and the act of listening, meaning 'sound' or 'voice'. The modern simplified 声 keeps only the upper portion.