答
dá
#559 most
frequent character
answer, reply, respond, return
verb
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
答 first meant a kind of small bean, written with 艹 vegetation and 合 hé, a sound part. The top later became 𥫗, now an empty part. The sense “to answer” was borrowed by sound alone; 合 itself once carried that sense. It then grew to “reciprocate”.
答 as a component in other characters
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Example Sentences
我需要你的答复。
wǒ xūyào nǐde dáfù 。
I need your reply.
请你回答这个问题。
qǐng nǐ huídá zhègè wèntí 。
Please answer this question.
他没有及时答复我的邮件。
tā méiyǒu jíshí dáfù wǒde yóujiàn 。
He did not respond to my email in time.
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