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答 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

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9Elementary year 2 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
こた(える)kota(eru)
Meaning
answer

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A reply written on bamboo that fits (合) the question — an answer.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトウとうtō答弁とうべん応答おうとう問答もんどう
Kunこたえるkotaeru答えるこたえる

Compare: 応える

Kunこたえkotae答えこたえ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 答えこたえ

    answer

  • 口答えくちごたえ

    talking back

More words with this kanji

  • 答申とうしん
  • 贈答ぞうとう
  • 祁答院けどういん
  • 答えるこたえる

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

答(こた)えが わかりました。

I found the answer.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

口答え答口mouth算to cal…竹bamboo竺thick竽an anc…笈backpa…刀sword冬winter当to hit東east頭head
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading トウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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