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応

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 301 / 2,608

Respond

On’yomi
おう
Kun’yomi
こた
Radical
心 Heart (Kangxi 61)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 斜 (Diagonal), less common than 広 (Wide).

A canopy shelters a heart below — under the canopy, your heart listens and responds to every call, always ready to answer.

In words

応じる おうじる to respond,to satisfy,to accept,to comply with,to apply forN3
応ずる おうずる to answer,to respond,to meet,to satisfy,to acceptN2
応援 おうえん aid,assistance,help,reinforcementN2

応 is rank 301 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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