響く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
響
ひび
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
響く (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE, as noun pibiki.[1] Likely derived from a mimetic word, via reduplication. Cognate with Okinawan 響ちゅん (hibichun).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひび​く [hìbíꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [çibʲikɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "響く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
響く ひび​く [hìbíꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 響け ひび​け [hìbíꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 響かれる ひびかれ​る [hìbíkáréꜜrù]
Causative 響かせる ひびかせ​る [hìbíkáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 響こう ひびこ​ー [hìbíkóꜜò]
Negative 響かない ひびか​ない [hìbíkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 響かなかった ひびか​なかった [hìbíkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 響きます ひびきま​す [hìbíkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 響いた ひび​いた [hìbíꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 響いて ひび​いて [hìbíꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 響けば ひび​けば [hìbíꜜkèbà]

Verb

響(ひび)く • (hibiku) intransitive godan (stem 響(ひび)き (hibiki), past 響(ひび)いた (hibiita))

  1. to echo, to resound
  2. to hit (one's heart), to touch (the audience)

Conjugation

References

  1. “響”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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