Zi:应

应(F​應) [yīng] should/ought/must (应​该, 应​当) [yìng] answer/respond/reply (应​答); consent/agree (应​诺); 应​用 apply/use

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The simple-form character 应 (7 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character ​應 (17 strokes), keeping the outer full-form part ​广 (3 strokes), but replacing the inner parts with ​ (4 strokes).
    Note: The simple form 应 derives from old intermediary forms such as ​𢇭, and ​応; the shape ​ occurs in ​佥/​僉, ​兴/​興, and ​举/​舉.
    The full-form character ​應 is itself an abbrev. of older forms such as ​𤻮 (19 strokes), replacing the old upper component ​𤸰 (15 strokes) with a variant form ​䧹 (13 strokes).
    Note: The top of the full form ​應 is the same as the top of ​鹰/​鷹, and involves the same substitution of ​䧹 for ​𤸰 in the older forms (see below).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 应/​應(​𤻮) yīng/yìng ‘should/answer’ combines ​心 (xīn) ‘heart/feeling’, and ​𨿳 yīng ‘hawk/falcon’ (phonosemantic): the falcon answers the falconer, replying with its cry and returning with its prey (as it ought).
    Compare: ​鹰/​鷹(​𪇿​𤼡) yīng ‘hawk/falcon’, formerly wr. ​𨿳, in which the component is ​瘖 yīn ‘hoarse voice/cry’ (phonosemantic).
►references: Karlgren:AD287; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.875.14; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:057.0.06; EDOC:0
►components: ​广​​​⺍​一
►Cantonese: ying\ ying-
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Unicode: U+5E94
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