Translingual

Han character

応 (radical 61 心+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈心 (IP) or 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

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 應)

1. respond

Readings

• Goon: おう (ō)
• Kan’on: よう (yō)
• Kun: こたえる (kotaeru), あたる (ataru)

Compounds