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響く

ひびく

to reverberate

Mnemonic

Sound down at the bottom with a whole village piled on top of it to bounce off. One door in an empty building, and a bee ひび in a jar, and the stairwell has an opinion: ひびく.

Worth knowing

Also does words landing: 心に響く こころにひびく is something that resonates.

Built from

echo, resound
音 sound at the bottom, thrown back off everything stacked above it.

Words sharing these kanji

influence, effect

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