和

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

harmony

HSK 1 N2

Communication →Language

hé, hè

ワ、オ、カ

やわ.らぐ、やわ.らげる、なご.む、なご.やか、あ.える

화

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 禾 represents the sound.

Components

禾 standing grain+ 口 mouth =

和 harmony

禾 Phonetic component

hé standing grain

grain still on stalk

View phonetic series →

口 Meaning component

kǒu mouth

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

和

Regular

Modern

Chinese

和 [Hé]

surname He; Japanese (food, clothes etc)

和 [hé]

and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; Taiwan pr. [hàn] when it means "and" or "with"

和 [hè]

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others

和 [hú]

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

和 [huó]

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huò]

和 [huò]

to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

Japanese

柔、和 (rare) やわ、ヤワ同音

adj-na usually kana soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial

凪、和ぎ、和なぎ同音

noun calm (at sea); lull

和、倭わ同音

noun

mathematics sum
harmony; peace
Japan; Japanese-style

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (3)

嵐の後には凪が来る。

After a storm comes a calm.

３角形のすべての角の和は１８０度に等しい。

The sum of all the angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees.

スポーツではチームの和が成功には欠かせません。

In sport, team harmony is vital to success.

Japanese Names

和あい

Ai female given name

和あえる

Aeru female given name

和あまね

Amane female given name

和いずみ

Izumi female given name

和かず

Kazu female given name

和かずき

Kazuki unclassified name

和かずこ

Kazuko female given name

和かずざき

Kazuzaki surname

和かずじ

Kazuji unclassified name

和かずとも

Kazutomo unclassified name

和かずのり

Kazunori unclassified name

和かずゆき

Kazuyuki unclassified name

和かなう

Kanau unclassified name

和かなえ

Kanae female given name

和かなお

Kanao female given name

和かのう

Kanou female given name

和かのえ

Kanoe female given name

和かのお

Kanoo given name

和かのん

Kanon female given name

和かん

Kan female given name

和こたう

Kotau given name

和こはる

Koharu female given name

和しず

Shizu female given name

和たいら

Taira given name

和たかし

Takashi given name

和なぎ

Nagi female given name

和なごみ

Nagomi female given name

和なごむ

Nagomu female given name

和なごや

Nagoya female given name

和なみ

Nami female given name

和にぎ

Nigi given name

和にこ

Niko female given name

和にしざき

Nishizaki surname

和のどか

Nodoka female given name

和はすむら

Hasumura unclassified name

和はすよ

Hasuyo unclassified name

和ひとし

Hitoshi male given name

和ひな

Hina female given name

和ひより

Hiyori female given name

和ほのか

Honoka female given name

和まさ

Masa unclassified name

和まどか

Madoka female given name

和むつみ

Mutsumi female given name

和やす

Yasu female given name

和やすし

Yasushi given name

和やすら

Yasura female given name

和やまと

Yamato female given name

和やわら

Yawara female given namesurname

和よし

Yoshi given name

和より

Yori female given name

和わ

Wa surnamegiven name

和わかな

Wakana female given name

和わさき

Wasaki surname

和わざき

Wazaki surname

和わずさき

Wazusaki surname

和わたる

Wataru given name

CHINESE WORDS (200)

和平 [Hépíng] #2,011

Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

共和国 [gònghéguó] #7,411

republic

共和国 [gònghéguó] #7,411

republic

中华人民共和国 [ZhōnghuáRénmínGònghéguó] #46,109

People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国 [ZhōnghuáRénmínGònghéguó] #46,109

People's Republic of China

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

⭐ 平和 [へいわ] #2,016

peace

⭐ 違和感 [いわかん] #2,030

uncomfortable feeling

⭐ 大人しい [おとなしい] #3,215

gentle

⭐ 昭和 [しょうわ] #6,860

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)

⭐ 和らげる [やわらげる] #10,374

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KOREAN WORDS (25)

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