Japanese Word for the Word “Echo”

Images and Stroke Orders for the Words “反響”, “山彦” and “木霊”.

反響 means Echo

The left side Japanese word “反響(はんきょう-hankyou)” means “Echo”.

The below images are Japanese word images of some Japanese words which mean “Echo”.

You can learn how to write these Japanese words by referring the stroke orders of these words.

反響 means Echo

Hiragana for 反響

Stroke Order for 反響

Also we often use the Japanese words “山彦(やまびこ-yamabiko)” or “木霊(こだま-kodama)” for translating this word into Japanese.

山彦 means Echo

Hiragana for 山彦

Stroke Order for 山彦

木霊 means Echo or Tree Spirit

Hiragana for 木霊

Stroke Order for 木霊

The word “山彦” and “木霊” are used for the echo which we can experience outside of buildings while the word “反響” is used for any echo.

One of the meaning of the kanji “反” is “return”. And the Kanji “響” has a meaning of “sound”.
And the kanji “山” means “mountain” and the word “山彦” has meanings of “mountain god” or “mountain spirit”.
And the kanji “木” means “tree” and the kanji “霊” means “spirit”. So the words “山彦” and “木霊” were thought as the voice of “mountain god (or spirit)” and the voice of “spirits of trees” in ancient time in Japan respectively.

And the word “Echo” is very popular in Japan so we often use the Katakana word “エコー(えこー-echo)” for expressing the pronunciation of this English word.

Katakana for Echo

Hiragana for Echo