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 the shape (4 strokes).
Note: The simple form 应 derives from old intermediary forms such as 𢇭, and 応 (omitting 倠); the shape also occurs in unrelated simple forms: 佥/僉, 兴/興, 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: 应 ← 𢇭 ← 応 ← 應 ← 𤻮; 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: 广⺍一䒑丶
►Cantonese: ying\ ying-
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<comp char='广' uni='5E7F' points='0,0 128,128' />
<stroke type='d' points='36,54 55,106' />
<stroke type='d' points='63,46 82,87' />
<stroke type='p' points='110,46 84,117' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='31,128 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='广' uni='5E7F'>
<stroke type='d' points='66,0 76,16' />
<comp char='厂' uni='5382' points='0,20 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='厂' uni='5382' points='4,12 124,128'>
<stroke type='h' points='20,0 128,0' head='cut' />
<stroke type='sp' points='20,0 20,48 0,128' />
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+5E94
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