応

See also 應, and 应

Translingual

shinjitai	応
simplified	应
traditional	應

Etymology

Japanese Simplified from 應 (倠 → [[ ]]) – elimination of 倠; also 心 enlarged and moved up from bottom radical to almost full size.

Han character

応 (radical 61 心+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈心 (IP), XX戈心 (XXIP), composition ⿸广心)

1. respond, reply, return
2. should, ought to, must

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 377, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10347
• Dae Jaweon: page 703, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 875, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5FDC

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Japanese

Kanji

応 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: おう (ō), よう (yō)
• Kun: こたえる (kotaeru), あたる (ataru)

Compounds

• 応援
• 応急
• 応酬
• 応召
• 応接
• 応戦
• 応対
• 応諾
• 応答
• 応分
• 応変
• 応募
• 応用