Kanji N1

応: apply, answer, yes

応 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning apply, answer, yes, written with 7 strokes. It is read オウ, ヨウ (on) and あたる, まさに, こたえる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 対応 (たいおう, correspondence) and 応援 (おうえん, aid).

応

Meanings

  • apply
  • answer
  • yes
  • OK
  • reply
  • accept
Strokes7
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#266 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • オウ
  • ヨウ
  • -ノウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あたる
  • まさに
  • こたえる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 応

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 対応たいおう

    correspondence (to); equivalence

    JLPT N1
  • 応援おうえん

    aid; assistance; help; support; reinforcement

    JLPT N2
  • 応募おうぼ

    application; subscription

    JLPT N1
  • 反応はんのう

    reaction; response

    JLPT N1
  • 応じるおうじる

    to respond; to satisfy; to accept

    JLPT N3
  • 応用おうよう

    (practical) application

    JLPT N2
  • 適応てきおう

    adaptation; accommodation; conformity

    JLPT N1
  • 応接おうせつ

    reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

    JLPT N2

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