The kanji 答: meaning, readings and stroke order

答

Meaning: answer
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: こた（える） kotaeru、こた（え） kotae
Strokes: 12
Radical: 竹 bamboo
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trả lời, đáp án (đáp)
Japanese: こたえる。こたえ。
Korean: 대답하다, 답 (답)
Chinese: 回答、答案

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading

回かい答とう
answer, reply
先生に 回かい答とうを出します。
I hand in my answers to the teacher.

こた（える） kotaeru · kun reading

答こたえる
answer
大きな声で 答こたえます。
I answer in a loud voice.

こた（え） kotae · kun reading

答こたえ
answer
答こたえをノートに書きます。
I write the answer in my notebook.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.