漢字Kanji · in Communication & Thought
響: echo, sound
Also: resound, ring, vibrate
JLPT N120 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
音 carries the meaning · 郷 gives the sound
20 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 影響するえいきょうするinfluence [v.t.]
- 反響するはんきょうするecho [v.i.]
- 音響おんきょうacoustic(s)
- 交響曲こうきょうきょくsymphony
ひびくhibiku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 響くひびくresound [v.i.]
- 響かすひびかすmake resound [v.t.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)鄉 (sound) + 音 sound (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 響 (rev. 93614259), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hometown/village (郷) + sound = the sound of the world echoing through the valleys of your homeland, creating a deep resonance.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 响 · traditional, as in Japanese · xiǎng
Japan keeps the traditional form 響; mainland China simplifies it to 响.
- Simplified
- 响 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 響 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiǎng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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