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答

solution, answer

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 500Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • トウ

Kun'yomi

  • こた.える
  • こた.え

Nanori

  • どう

Meaning

答 centers on responding to a question or problem: giving an answer or solution.

Most common words using 答

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  • 答えこたえ
    N5

    answer; reply; response

  • 回答かいとう
    N3

    reply; answer

  • 答えるこたえる
    N5

    to answer; to reply

  • 応答おうとう
    N2

    reply; answer; response

  • 返答へんとう
    N1

    reply; answer

  • 解答かいとう
    N3

    answer; solution

  • 答弁とうべん
    N1

    response; reply; answer; defence; defense

  • 問答もんどう
    N2

    questions and answers; dialogue

  • 即答そくとう

    immediate reply

  • 受け答えうけこたえ

    reply; response; answer

  • 答案とうあん
    N3

    examination paper; examination script; answer sheet

  • 自問自答じもんじとう

    answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

  • 答申とうしん
    N1

    report; reply; findings

  • 贈答ぞうとう

    exchange of presents

  • 正答せいとう
    N3

    correct answer

  • 口答えくちごたえ
    N1

    retort; back talk; backchat

  • 押し問答おしもんどう
    N1

    arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

  • 答辞とうじ

    address in reply (e.g. at a ceremony); formal reply

  • 禅問答ぜんもんどう

    Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers

  • 名答めいとう

    excellent answer; clever answer

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Etymology

答 combines 竹 (bamboo) and 合 (to fit, join). Historically, it likely referred to a bamboo tally or document used to match or answer, extending to the idea of a reply or solution.

Meaning mnemonic

Bamboo 竹 slips fit together 合 like a perfect answer clicking into place. Think of joining bamboo pieces to solve a puzzle.

Reading mnemonic

For トウ, imagine a toe tapping as the answer clicks: toe -> トウ, and the bamboo pieces fit together with a satisfying tap.