應

See also: 应 and 応

Translingual

shinjitai	応
simplified	应
traditional	應

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 䧹 + semantic 心 (“heart”)

Han character

應 (radical 61 心+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 戈人土心 (IOGP) or 戈土心 (IGP), four-corner 0023₁, composition ⿸䧹心)

1. should, ought to, must

References

• KangXi: page 405, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11330
• Dae Jaweon: page 746, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2359, character 3
• Unihan data for U+61C9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

應 (simplified 应, Jyutping jing1, jing3, Yale ying1, ying3)

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Japanese

Kanji

應

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: よう (yō), おう (ō)
• Kun: あたる (ataru)

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Korean

Hanja

應 (eung) (hangeul 응, revised eung, McCune-Reischauer ŭng, Yale ung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

應 (simplified 应, Pinyin yìng (ying4), Wade-Giles ying⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

應 (ứng, ưng, ừng)