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響

響 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ひびく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「音」+音符「鄕」。「ひびく」を意味する漢語｛響｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウJHS
Kun (native)
  • ひび(く)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音xiang3
  • 한글hyang
  • Hán-ViệtHưởng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
20 strokes
Radical
音(おと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+97FF

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱鄉音

Words using this kanji

  • 響くひびく「ひびく」を参照。to resound, to be heard far away, to reverberate, to shake
  • 響きひびき「ひびき」を参照。echo, reverberation, sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum), noise
  • 響めくどよめくto resound, to reverberate, to make a stir
  • 響き渡るひびきわたるひびきわたるを参照。to resound, to echo, to reverberate
  • 響笛きょうてきvibrating pipe
  • 響銅さはりcopper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin
  • 響岩きょうがん火山岩の一種。ハンマーでたたくと響くことからこの名がある。フォノライト。phonolite, clinkstone
  • 響胴きょうどう弦楽器で音を強制的に振動させて大きくする胴の部分。sound box (of a musical instrument), soundbox
  • 響板きょうばん音響効果を高めるためグランドピアノの弦の下、アップライトピアノは背部に張る板。soundboard (of a piano)
  • 響めきどよめきcommotion, stir
  • 響かすひびかすto make something resound
  • 響もすどよもすto make (something) reverberate, to make resound, to shake (e.g. a venue with cheers)
  • 響かせるひびかせるto make something resound
  • 響きあうひびきあうto sound together, to vibrate mutually, to reverberate

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-11-9
Four Corner
2760.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c15.3
Heisig
1994
Nelson
5114