noun

  1. echo, reverberation.
  2. sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum), noise.
  3. quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell), feeling of a sound, emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
響き ひびき
ひびき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

echo, sound, resound
ひび.く キョウ (7th, N1)
home town, village, native place
キョウ さと ゴウ (6th, N1)
country, rural, village
son, counter for sons
ロウ ろ リョウ (7th, N1)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
sound, noise
おと オン ね (1st, N4)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)