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Chinese symbol for “response”

感应
gǎn yìng
Traditional: 感應
response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for response is 感应 (gǎn yìng), defined as: response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.); induction (elec.); inductance.

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

感 gǎn
to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes
应 yìng
should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “response”

WordPinyinMeaning
反应 (反應)fǎn yìngto react; to respond
回应 (回應)huí yìngto respond; response
应对 (應對)yìng duìto answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with
回响 (迴響)huí xiǎngto echo; to reverberate
对答 (對答)duì dáto reply; to answer

Related words

Other words that share a character with 感应.

WordPinyinMeaning
感觉 (感覺)gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
感到gǎn dàoto feel; to sense; to perceive
感谢 (感謝)gǎn xièto thank; to be grateful
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
感染gǎn rǎnto infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
应该 (應該)yīng gāiought to; should; must
应用 (應用)yìng yòngto put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “response”.

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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