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Kotomora

響

echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes20

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

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  • 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

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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.