■ radical

dá

answer

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. The significance of the ⺮ (bamboo) component is unclear.

⺮

meaning

bamboo — ⺮ is a component form of 竹.

合

sound

together; join — The pronunciation of 答 was similar to 合 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

Appears in

Characters that use 答 as a component, most common first.

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