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Chinese symbol for “repercussions”

反响
fǎn xiǎng
Traditional: 反響
repercussions; reaction; echo

The closest CC-CEDICT match for repercussions is 反响 (fǎn xiǎng), defined as: repercussions; reaction; echo.

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Characters and stroke order

反 fǎn
reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes
响 xiǎng
to make noise, to make sound; sound
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “repercussions”

WordPinyinMeaning
后遗症 (後遺症)hòu yí zhèng(medicine) sequelae; residual effects
余波 (餘波)yú bōaftermath; repercussions

Related words

Other words that share a character with 反响.

WordPinyinMeaning
反对 (反對)fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to
反应 (反應)fǎn yìngto react; to respond
反映fǎn yìngto mirror; to reflect
违反 (違反)wéi fǎnto violate (a law)
反而fǎn éron the contrary; instead
相反xiāng fǎnopposite; contrary
影响 (影響)yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect
影响力 (影響力)yǐng xiǎng lìinfluence; impact

See also: Japanese symbol for “repercussions”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.