響
響 — Echo
echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
Kun’yomiひびく (hibiku)
Stroke order (20 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 響
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 影響 | えいきょう eikyou | influence; effect; impact |
| 反響 | はんきょう hankyou | echo; reverberation; response |
| 音響 | おんきょう onkyou | sound; noise; audio |
| 交響曲 | こうきょうきょく koukyoukyoku | symphony |
| 交響楽団 | こうきょうがくだん koukyougakudan | symphony orchestra |
| 悪影響 | あくえいきょう akueikyou | bad influence; negative influence |
Study notes
響 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 20 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #502 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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