応 — apply, answer, yes

おうじる応 apply

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+5FDC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #266 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #653 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

apply
answer
yes
ok
reply
accept

word

おう ou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

応(おう) じる oujiru to respond 対(たい) 応(おう) taiou response 一(いち) 応(おう) ichiou tentatively 応(おう) 用(よう) ouyou application 応(おう) 答(とう) outou response 適(てき) 応(おう) tekiou adaptation 相(そう) 応(おう) souou suitable 応(おう) 対(たい) outai reception

こた kota Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

応(こた) える kotaeru to respond

のう nou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

反(はん) 応(のう) hannou reaction

わ wa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

相(ふさ) 応(わ) しい fusawashii appropriate

Appears in idioms

臨機応変四字熟語

look to, loom, apply, unusual

因果応報四字熟語

cause, fruit, apply, report

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

广 slanting roof

こころ心 heart #61

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#61 心 heart