Kanji 応: "apply, answer, yes"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 応

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 反はん応のうreaction; response · physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism)
• 一いち応おうmore or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much · tentatively; for the time being
• 対たい応おうcorrespondence (to); equivalence · suitability; coordination; matching; being appropriate (for)
• 応こたえるto respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations) · to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on
• 応おう援えんaid; assistance; help; support · cheering; rooting (for); support
• 応おうじるto respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with
• 相応ふさわしいappropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting
• に応おうじてdepending on; dependent on
• 相そう応おうsuitable; appropriate; befitting; becoming · conjoining; association; samprayukta
• 手て応ごたえfeeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance · response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
• 応おう用よう(practical) application; putting to practical use · applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
• 応おう答とうreply; answer; response

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