応

See also: 應, 懬, and 应

応 U+5FDC, 応 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FDC ← 忛 [U+5FDB] CJK Unified Ideographs 忝 → [U+5FDD]

Translingual

Traditional	應
Shinjitai	応
Simplified	应

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 應 (elimination of 倠).

Han character

応 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈心 (IP) or 難難戈心 (XXIP), composition ⿸广心)

References

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

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 応 – see 應 (“should; ought to; to consent to; to agree; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 應).

Japanese

Shinjitai	応
Kyūjitai	應

Kanji

応

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

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)^{←おう (ou, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←よう (you, historical)}
• Kun: こたえる (kotaeru, 応える, Jōyō)^{←こたへる (kotaferu, 応へる, historical)}; いらえる (iraeru, 応える)^{←いらへる (iraferu, 応へる, historical)}
• Nanori: かず (kazu); たか (taka); のぶ (nobu); のり (nori); まさ (masa)

Compounds

Compounds

• 応援(おうえん) (ōen): support; assistance; cheering for
• 応急(おうきゅう) (ōkyū): emergency; first-aid
• 応酬(おうしゅう) (ōshū): exchange; reciprocation
• 応(おう)召(しょう) (ōshō)
• 応(おう)接(せつ) (ōsetsu)
• 応(おう)戦(せん) (ōsen)
• 応対(おうたい) (ōtai): serving; attending to
• 応諾(おうだく) (ōdaku)
• 応答(おうとう) (ōtō): response; acknowledgement
• 応分(おうぶん) (ōbun): appropriate; reasonable
• 応(おう)変(へん) (ōhen)
• 応報(おうほう) (ōhō)
• 応(おう)募(ぼ) (ōbo)
• 応用(おうよう) (ōyō): application
• 応力(おうりょく) (ōryoku)
• 一応(いちおう) (ichiō): roughly; tentatively; once
• 感応(かんのう) (kannō)
• 供応(きょうおう) (kyōō)
• 呼応(こおう) (kōu): acting in concert
• 順応(じゅんのう) (junnō): adaptation
• 相応(そうおう) (sōō): suitable, suitability
  • 相応(ふさわ)しい (fusawashii): suitable; appropriate
• 即(そく)応(おう) (sokuō)
• 対応(たいおう) (taiō): correspondence; equivalence; compatibility
• 適応(てきおう) (tekiō): adaptation
• 内(ない)応(おう) (naiō)
• 反応(はんのう) (hannō): reaction

Etymology

Kanji in this term
応
おう Grade: 5
goon

Alternative spelling
應 (kyūjitai)

/ou/ → /oː/

From Middle Chinese 應 (MC 'ingH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​ー [óꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ː]

Affix

応(おう) • (ō) 

1. respond, reply, answer (a question, call, etc.)
2. accept, admit, agree, consent
3. in accordance with
4. adequate, balanced, fitting, suitable

Derived terms

• 応(おう)ずる (ōzuru)

Noun

応(おう) • (ō) 

1. (rare) an acceptance, admittance, agreement, consent

Proper noun

応(おう) • (Ō) 

1. a surname