答

See also: 荅

Translingual

Han character

答 (radical 118 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一口 (HOMR), four-corner 8860₁, composition ⿱⺮合)

1. answer, reply
2. return
3. assent to

References

• KangXi: page 883, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26006
• Dae Jaweon: page 1312, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2968, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7B54

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		答

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dá (da²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap³
• Min Nan (POJ): tap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dá
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ta²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dar
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap³
    • Yale: daap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑːp̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tap
    • Tâi-lô: tap
    • IPA (Taipei): /tap̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tap̚³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (答, reconstructed)
Character (答), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 端 (5) Final: 合 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 都合切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tʌp̚/	/tăp̚/	/tᴀp̚/	/təp̚/	/təp̚/	/tɒp̚/	/tɒp̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (答, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
答								dá								‹ top ›								/*[t]ˤ[u]p/								answer
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
答					4944					合					緝					3					答					/*tkuːb/

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Japanese

Kanji

答

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: とう (tō) < とふ (tofu)
• Kan’on: とう (tō) < たふ (tafu)
• Kun: こたえる (答える kotaeru), こたえ (答え kotae)

Noun

答 (hiragana こたえ, romaji kotae)

1. Alternative spelling of 答え

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Korean

Hanja

答 (dap) (hangeul 답, revised dap, McCune-Reischauer tap, Yale tap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

答 (đáp, đớp, hóp)

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