響 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 響意味

echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate

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響 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

ひび.く hibi.ku

KUNYOMI　訓読み

キョウ kyou

Examples

その手紙には強制的なひびきがあるし、さらに悪いことには、思いやりがない。

The letter sounds forced, what is worse, insincere.

彼の声に多少怒りの響きがあった。

There was a suggestion of anger in his voice.

彼のピアノ演奏はすばらしい響きがした。

His piano playing sounded fantastic.

大地の色彩は解き放たれた視界の中で高らかに鳴り響き。

Shades of earth are ringing through my open view inciting and inviting me.

しかし大洋を越え、新たな、ロマンティックな響きのある国に行って、まさしく以前と同じ状態になることなど彼女は思ってもいなかった。

But she had not expected to cross an ocean, enter a new and romantic-sounding country, and find herself in exactly the same position.

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推 conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for)

請 solicit, invite, ask

器 utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set

士 gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

討 chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer