答 (dá)

to answer; to reply; to agree

How 答 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
⺮ — bamboo
Traditional
答
Simplified
答 (unchanged)

答 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

dā
to answer; to agree
dá
reply; answer; return; respond

Common words using 答

回答 huídá
to reply; to answer; the answer
答案 dáàn
answer; solution; CL:個|个[ge4]
問答 wèndá
question and answer
報答 bàodá
to repay; to requite
滴答 dīdā
onomat. pattering sound; drip drip (of water); tick tock (of clock)
答復 dáfù
to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header)
答應 dāying
to promise; to agree; to reply
解答 jiědá
answer; explanation; solution (to a math equation)
作答 zuòdá
to answer; to respond
加爾各答 jiāěrgèdá
Calcutta (India)
對答 duìdá
a reply; answer
對答如流 duìdárúliú
able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer

答 in a sentence

老師問的問題,沒有人知道怎麼回答。

Lǎoshī wèn de wèntí, méiyǒurén zhīdào zěnme huídá.

“No one knew how to answer the question the teacher asked.”

How common is 答?

答 is the 559th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 78.2% of all running text.

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