■ radical

dā

to answer

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Variant of 答. The significance of the 艹 (grass) component is unclear.

艹

meaning

grass — 艹 is a component form of 艸.

合

sound

together; join — The pronunciation of 荅 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 荅 as a component, most common first.

塔tǎtower 搭dāto attach 嗒dāabsent-minded 瘩dapimples 剳dánote

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