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U+5FDC, 応
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FDC

[U+5FDB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5FDD]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from (elimination of ).

Han character

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

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 – see (“should; ought to; to consent to; to agree; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

  • Go-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)おう (ou, historical)
  • Kan-on: よう ()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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/ou//oː/

From Middle Chinese (MC 'ingH).

Pronunciation

Affix

(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

Noun

(おう) • (ō

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

Proper noun

(おう) • (Ō

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN