Read Edit View history 劄 zhā brief note Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 答 represents the meaning and 刂 represents the sound. Components 答 答 Meaning component dá, dā answer 刂 刂 Sound component dāo knife 刂 is a component form of 刀. Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangrtuːb Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang