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答 — to answer; to reply; to respond

Pinyin
dá · dā
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — dá, dā — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 答: 12 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

答 — 12 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 答 in the HSK syllabus: 8

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 回答huídáto reply; to answer; reply; answerHSK 3
  2. 答应dāyingto answer; to respondHSK 4
  3. 答dáto answer; to reply; to respondHSK 4
  4. 答案dá’ànanswer; solutionHSK 4
  5. 答复dáfùto answer; to reply; Reply to:HSK 6
  6. 解答jiědáto solve; to resolve; to provide an answer; solutionHSK 6
  7. 报答bàodáto repay; to requiteHSK 7–9
  8. 答辩dábiànto reply; to defend one's dissertationHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.