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echo

HSK 10 N1
xiǎng
キョウ
ひび.く
Phonosemantic compound. 音 represents the meaning and 鄉 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (響)
Phonetic component
countryside
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Meaning component
yīn sound
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
Simplified (响)
mouth+ orientation =
make sound
Meaning component
kǒu mouth
Phonetic component
xiàng orientation
to tend toward
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [xiǎng]
echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
Japanese
響き (irreg.) ひびき 同音

noun

  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; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
えこ
Eko female given name
かなで
Kanade female given name
きょう
Kyō female given name
きょうじ
Kyōji unclassified name
のいず
Noizu female given name
ひびき
Hibiki female given namesurname
ゆら
Yura female given name
りずむ
Rizumu female given name