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Chinese symbol for “reply”

回答
huí dá
to reply; to answer; reply; answer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reply is 回答 (huí dá), defined as: to reply; to answer; reply; answer.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

回 huí
to return, to turn around; a time
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes
答 dá
answer, reply; to return; to assent to
radical 118 ⽵ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “reply”

WordPinyinMeaning
回覆huí fùto reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer
回信huí xìnto reply; to write back
答辩 (答辯)dá biànto reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
应答 (應答)yìng dáto reply
回话 (回話)huí huàto reply

Related words

Other words that share a character with 回答.

WordPinyinMeaning
回来 (回來)huí laito return; to come back
回到huí dàoto return to
回家huí jiāto return home
回应 (回應)huí yìngto respond; response
回去huí quto return; to go back
答案dá ànanswer; solution
答应 (答應)dā yingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
解答jiě dáto solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty)

See also: Japanese symbol for “reply”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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