響 – Kanji details

Keyword

echo

Info

Frequency	Top 400-500
Type	Jōyō ?
	Shinjitai ?
Kanken	Level 4
Heisig	1994
Old form	響
Readings	ひび (65%) きょう (31%) ひびき (2%)
	どよとよどと

Composed of

郷

hometown

音

sound

Mnemonic

The sound of my hometown still echoes in my mind.

(The sound is on the bottom since the sound waves are reflected from the ground.)

Used in vocabulary (98 in total)

響ひびく

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

影えい響きょう

influence; effect; impact

響ひびき

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

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Examples (200 in total)

そう思おもいかけた時とき、突とつ然ぜん声こえが響ひびいた。

Just as I was beginning to think so, a voice suddenly resounded.

僕ぼくの言こと葉ばは彼かれの心こころには響ひびかなかったのだろうか。

Did my words fail to resonate in his heart?

大おおきな声こえが頭あたまに響ひびく。

Loud voices make my head throb.