— echo, also N5116, sound, resound, ring, vibrate

  • JLPT N1
  • 20 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 音
  • #502 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
キョウ
Kun'yomi
ひび.く

Example words

  • 影響えいきょう(1) influence; effect (2) to influence; to affect; to have an influence on; to impact; to have an effect on
  • 反響はんきょうecho; reverberation; repercussion; reaction; influence
  • 響きひびき(1) echo; reverberation (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
  • 響くひびく(1) to resound; to be heard far away (2) to reverberate; to shake; to vibrate (3) to come (home); to remain (with someone) (4) to have an effect; to make an impression