響
echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate
Readings
On'yomi
- キョウ
Kun'yomi
- ひび.く
Meaning
響 centers on sound that spreads and returns: an echo, a ringing vibration, or a resonant sound that fills a space.
Most common words using 響
20 of 85- 影響えいきょうN3
influence; effect; impact
- 響きひびきN2
echo; reverberation
- 響くひびくN2
to resound; to be heard far away
- 反響はんきょうN1
echo; reverberation
- 悪影響あくえいきょう
bad influence; negative influence
- 音響おんきょうN1
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
- 交響こうきょう
reverberation
- 交響曲こうきょうきょくN1
symphony
- 鳴り響くなりひびく
to reverberate; to resound; to echo
- 残響ざんきょう
reverberation; echo
- 玉響たまゆら
short time; fleeting moment
- 響めきどよめき
commotion; stir
- 地響きじひびき
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
- 響かせるひびかせる
to make something resound
- 好影響こうえいきょう
favorable influence; favourable influence
- 交響楽団こうきょうがくだん
symphony orchestra
- 影響力えいきょうりょく
influence; clout; leverage
- 交響詩こうきょうし
symphonic poem
- 響き渡るひびきわたるN1
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
- 音響効果おんきょうこうか
sound effects
Study
Etymology
響 combines 音 (sound) with 鄉, which likely contributes the idea of sound traveling or echoing back. The exact historical role of 鄉 is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The top part 鄉 suggests a village or direction, and the bottom 音 is sound. Imagine sound bouncing off the walls of a village, creating echoes that ring and vibrate.
Reading mnemonic
For キョウ, picture a loud echo in a canyon: the sound 'kyo' bounces back and forth, cueing キョウ as the resonant ring.