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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

266 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept

Kunyomi: あた.る, まさに, こた.える

Onyomi: オウ, ヨウ, -ノウ

Composition: 广 心

応

Radical

Radical: 心

Reading: こころ

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

応じる(おうじる)   respond, satisfy, accept [v.i.]

応募する(おうぼする)   apply (e.g. position)

応答する(おうとうする)   reply, answer [v.i.]

応援する(おうえんする)   aid, support, cheer

応用する(おうようする)   apply, put to practical use

対応する(たいおうする)   cope with, deal with

適応する(てきおうする)   adapt, accommodate, conform

反応する(はんのうする)   react, respond

順応する(じゅんのうする)   adapt

Onyomi Examples

応 (オウ) agreement, affirmative, aye, yes, OK, okay, yeah, all right

応援 (オウエン) aid, assistance, help, support, reinforcement, cheering, rooting (for), support

呼応 (コオウ) hailing each other, acting in concert, responding (to), sympathizing (with), agreement, concord

饗応 (キョウオウ) entertaining with food and drink, treating to dinner, wining and dining

Kunyomi Examples

応える (こたえる) to respond, to answer, to meet (e.g. demands, expectations), to affect, to take a toll, to strike home, to have an effect on, to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.), to be a strain

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