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影響

えいきょう

influence, effect

Mnemonic

A shadow of him and an echo of him, both still going long after he has left the room. The same cage かげ of shadow as 影 and the same bee ひび in a jar as 響く. That is what he did to me: えいきょう.

Worth knowing

効果 こうか is the effect a thing has. 影響 is the mark somebody or something leaves on you.

Built from

shadow
日 the sun over a tall building, and 彡 three streaks falling away from it. What the light leaves behind.
echo, resound
音 sound at the bottom, thrown back off everything stacked above it.

Words sharing these kanji

shadow, shade to reverberate

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