響 means “echo, resound”

ひびく · hibiku

Also: sound, ring

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひびく

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キョウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 20 strokes

The story

Sound (音) beneath a village (郷): a temple bell rolling out over the rooftops. 響く is to resound, 影響 is influence, one thing echoing in another, and 交響曲 is a symphony, sounds ringing together.

Used in 響く (hibiku, to resound), 影響 (eikyou, influence), and 交響曲 (koukyoukyoku, symphony)

More from Poems & Songs

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• 叙 narrate
• 吟 chant
• 詠 compose (a poem)
• 唄 song

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.