响
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echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,034 U+54CD
How 响 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 向 (phonetic, xiàng)
How to remember it
echo · Heisig RSH #189
向 orientation + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 向
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 向 (xiàng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 向 sound component | xiàng | towards; direction, trend |
| 晌 | shǎng | noon, midday; moment |
| 饷 | xiǎng | rations and pay for soldiers |
| 垧 | shǎng | unit of area |
Words containing 响
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不声不响 | bù shēng bù xiǎng | (idiom) wordless; silent; taciturn; without speaking |
| 一声不响 | yī shēng bù xiǎng | to keep totally silent; noiselessly |
| 响水县 | Xiǎng shuǐ Xiàn | Xiangshui, a county in Yancheng City 鹽城市|盐城市[Yan2 cheng2 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 打响名号 | dǎ xiǎng míng hào | to become well-known |
| 响应时间 | xiǎng yìng shí jiān | response time |
| 组合音响 | zǔ hé yīn xiǎng | hi-fi system; stereo sound system; abbr. to 音響|音响[yin1 xiang3] |
| 音响组合 | yīn xiǎng zǔ hé | stereo system |
| 交响乐团 | jiāo xiǎng yuè tuán | symphony orchestra |
| 交响乐 | jiāo xiǎng yuè | symphony |
| 影响层面 | yǐng xiǎng céng miàn | impact; effect |
| 打响指 | dǎ xiǎng zhǐ | to snap one's fingers |
| 交响金属 | jiāo xiǎng jīn shǔ | symphonic metal (pop music); heavy metal with symphonic pretensions |
| 打响鼻儿 | dǎ xiǎng bí r | (of a horse etc) to snort |
| 交响乐队 | jiāo xiǎng yuè duì | symphony orchestra |
| 有影响 | yǒu yǐng xiǎng | influential |
| 一炮打响 | yī pào dǎ xiǎng | (idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try |
| 影响面 | yǐng xiǎng miàn | reach of influence; affected area |
| 影响力 | yǐng xiǎng lì | influence; impact |
| 响当当 | xiǎng dāng dāng | resounding; loud; well known; famous |
| 交响曲 | jiāo xiǎng qǔ | symphony |