和

和 (radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木口 (HDR), four-corner 2690₀, composition ⿰禾口)

• 俰, 啝, 𡞈, 𣷓, 𮠱, 𨨛(𫓼), 𧇮, 萂, 惒, 𨨑

• わ (Hiragana character derived from Man'yōgana)
• ワ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

• KangXi: page 185, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3490
• Dae Jaweon: page 404, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 602, character 1
• Unihan data for U+548C

Historical forms of the character 和
Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡoːl, *ɡoːls) : phonetic 禾 (OC *ɡoːl) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – harmony.

“and; with”

Zhao (2018) suggests that hàn and hài are contractions of 還有／还有 (háiyǒu).

和

1. peaceful; harmonious
   • 和平  ―  hépíng  ―  peace, peaceful
2. gentle; kind
3. warm; temperate
4. sum; total
   • 五加四的和是九。  ―  Wǔ jiā sì de hé shì jiǔ.  ―  The sum of 5 and 4 is 9.
5. to make peace; to become reconciled

   • 子曰：君子和而不同，小人同而不和 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     zǐ yuē: jūnzǐ hé ér bù tóng, xiǎorén tóng ér bù hé [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable."

6. (chess) to tie
7. (music) An ancient mouth organ similar to the sheng, but smaller; no longer used.
8. Japanese
   • 和服  ―  héfú  ―  kimono, Japanese traditional clothing
9. A surname​. He

和

1. and

   我和你  ―  wǒ hé nǐ  ―  me and you

   • 我想買些肉，魚，麵包和雞蛋。 [MSC, trad.]
     我想买些肉，鱼，面包和鸡蛋。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ xiǎng mǎi xiē ròu, yú, miànbāo hé jīdàn. [Pinyin]

     I want to buy some meat, fish, bread, and eggs.

   • 這是哪兒和哪兒啊這是？ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     这是哪儿和哪儿啊这是？ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2000, 梁左 and 梁欢, 《闲人马大姐》, episode 7

     Zhèi shì nǎr hàn nǎr a zhè shì? [Pinyin]

     What kind of connection is this?

2. with

   • 他和流浪街頭的孩子交上了朋友。 [MSC, trad.]
     他和流浪街头的孩子交上了朋友。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā hé liúlàng jiētóu de háizǐ jiāo shàng le péngyǒu. [Pinyin]

     He has made friends with the kids on the street.

   • 他想和其他國家採取一致行動。 [MSC, trad.]
     他想和其他国家采取一致行动。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā xiǎng hé qítā guójiā cǎiqǔ yīzhì xíngdòng. [Pinyin]

     He wants to act in concert with other nations.

   • 和你的車比起來，我的車很小。 [MSC, trad.]
     和你的车比起来，我的车很小。 [MSC, simp.]

     Hé nǐ de chē bǐqǐ lái, wǒ de chē hěn xiǎo. [Pinyin]

     Compared with yours, my car is small.

   • 如果你把譯文和原文比較一下，你就會找到不準確的地方。 [MSC, trad.]
     如果你把译文和原文比较一下，你就会找到不准确的地方。 [MSC, simp.]

     Rúguǒ nǐ bǎ yìwén hé yuánwén bǐjiào yīxià, nǐ jiù huì zhǎodào bù zhǔnquè de dìfang. [Pinyin]

     If you compare the translation with the original, you will find the inaccuracy.

   • 意思和日語的「ダメ」類似。 [MSC, trad.]
     意思和日语的“ダメ”类似。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yìsī hé rìyǔ de “dame” lèisì. [Pinyin]

     The meaning is similar to the Japanese dame.

和

1. ^† to make sounds in concert with; to echo

   附和  ―  fùhè  ―  to second, to echo

   唱和  ―  chànghè  ―  antiphon, sung reply

   應和 / 应和  ―  yìnghè  ―  to echo, to correspond

   酬和  ―  chóuhè  ―  to respond to a poem with a poem

和

1. to mix with water to make something stick together; to knead

   和麵 / 和面  ―  huó miàn  ―  to knead dough

和

1. to mix (usually substances in powder or grain form)

   攪和 / 搅和  ―  jiǎohuo  ―  to stir, to mix

2. to add water to make something less thick
3. Classifier for the number of rinses when washing clothes.
4. Classifier for the number of times a dose of traditional Chinese medicine is boiled.

和

1. to have a winning hand (at mahjong etc)

   和牌  ―  húpái  ―  to win in mahjong

和

1. ^† warm

   暖和  ―  nuǎnhuo  ―  warm

   溫和 / 温和  ―  wēnhuo  ―  warm, lukewarm

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: わ (wa, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
• Tō-on: お (o, Jōyō, uncommon)^{←を (wo, historical)}
• Kun: なごむ (nagomu, 和む, Jōyō); なごやか (nagoyaka, 和やか, Jōyō); やわらぐ (yawaragu, 和らぐ, Jōyō)^{←やはらぐ (yafaragu, historical)}; やわらげる (yawarageru, 和らげる, Jōyō)^{←やはらげる (yafarageru, historical)}
• Nanori: あい (ai); いず (izu); かつり (katsuri); かず (kazu); たけ (take); ち (chi); とも (tomo); にぎ (nigi); まさ (masa); やす (yasu); よし (yoshi); より (yori); わだこ (wadako)

From Middle Chinese 和 (hwa, “harmonious”).

The “Japan” sense appears during the reign of Empress Genmei (707–715), as this character 和 was chosen as a homophone with a more favorable meaning to replace the previous character 倭 (wa) then in use as the kanji name for Japan[1] (see the etymology at 大和 (やまと) (Yamato) for more details). The “Japan” sense was usually read with a kun'yomi of yamato, until some time in the Muromachi period, when the kan'on reading of Wa became more common.[2]

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) わ​ [wáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠]

和 (hiragana わ, rōmaji wa)

1. peace, harmony
2. (arithmetic) sum

   Antonym: 差 (sa) (difference)

• 被 (ひ)加 (か)数 (すう) (hikasū); 加 (か)数 (すう) (kasū)

和 (hiragana わ, rōmaji Wa)

1. Japan, Japanese, Nippo-

   和 (わ)露 (ろ)辞 (じ)典 (てん)

   Wa-Ro jiten

   Japanese-Russian dictionary

   和 (わ)食 (しょく)

   washoku

   Japanese-style food, Japanese cuisine

   和 (わ)室 (しつ)

   washitsu

   a Japanese-style room with tatami flooring and usually sliding doors

Often used as a prefix to form compounds, as in the usage examples above.

Appears during the reign of Empress Genmei (707–715), as this character 和 was chosen as a homophone with a more favorable meaning to replace the previous character 倭 (wa) then in use as the kanji name for Japan[1] (see the etymology at 大和 (やまと) (Yamato) for more details). The “Japan” sense was usually read with a kun'yomi of Yamato, until some time in the Muromachi period, when the kan'on reading of Wa became more common.[2]

In modern Japanese, the Yamato reading is more commonly spelled 大和.

Used as ateji in various names.

和 (hiragana のどか, rōmaji Nodoka)

1. A unisex given name

和 • (hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune–Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)

1. harmony, peace
2. get together

和 • (hwa) (hangeul 화)

1. A free reed mouth organ with 13 bamboo pipes used in ancient times

• 평화 (pyeonghwa)(平和) peace
• 조화 (johwa)(調和) harmony, balance
• 화해 (hwahae)(和解) reconciliation
• 화목 (hwamok)(和睦) harmoniousness
• 화합 (hwahap)(和合) harmony, cohesion
• 공화국 (gonghwaguk)(共和國) republic
• 중화인민공화국 (junghwainmin-gonghwaguk)(中華人民共和國) = 중국 (jungguk)(中國) China(People's republic of)
• 중화민국 (junghwamin-guk)(中華民國) = 대만 (daeman)(臺灣) Taiwan(China, republic of)
• 공화주의 (gonghwajuui)(共和主義) republicanism
• 공화당 (gonghwadang)(共和黨) republic party
• 유화 (yuhwa)(柔和) gentle
• 친화 (chinhwa)(親和) friendly
• 화음 (hwa-eum)(和音) chord
• 포화 (pohwa)(飽和) saturation
• 불화 (bulhwa)(不和) disharmony

和 (hoà)

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• Nôm: hoà, hoạ, huề, hùa

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999