和

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See also 倭, 咊, and 龢

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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Ancient simplification of 龢

Han character [edit]

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

  1. harmony, peace
  2. peaceful, calm
  3. and
  4. an ancient mouth organ similar to the sheng, but smaller; no longer used

Descendants [edit]

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

和 (jyutping wo4, wo6, Yale wo4, wo6)

Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

和 (POJ fô, Guangdong fo2, wo2; fo2, vo1, vo2 [Meixian]; fo2 [Kwangtung]; wo2 [Dongguan], Hagfa Pinyim fo2, vo2)

References [edit]

Japanese [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

  • Substitution for 倭

Kanji [edit]

和 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Noun [edit]

和 (hiragana わ, romaji wa)

  1. peace, harmony
  2. sum
  3. Japanese

Proper noun [edit]

和 (hiragana のどか, romaji Nodoka)

  1. A male given name

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

和 (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune-Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)

Noun [edit]

和 (hwa)

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

Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

和 (pinyin hé (he2), hè (he4), hú (hu2), huó (huo2), huò (huo4), hàn (han4), Wade-Giles ho2, ho4, hu2, huo2, huo4)

Adjective [edit]

和 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hé)

  1. (literary) peaceful; harmonious
    和平

Adjective [edit]

和 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin huó)

  1. warm
    暖和

Conjunction [edit]

和 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hé or hàn)

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) and

Usage notes [edit]

Standard Mandarin: hé
Taiwan: hàn

Noun [edit]

和 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hé)

  1. (archaic) an ancient mouth organ similar to the sheng, but smaller; no longer used

Verb [edit]

和 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hè)

  1. (literary) to make sounds in concert with; to echo
    附和

Verb [edit]

和 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hú)

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

Verb [edit]

和 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin huò)

  1. (literary) to stir; to mix
    trad. 攪和, simpl. 搅和

Compounds [edit]

Middle Chinese [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

和

  1. peace

Descendants [edit]

  • Cantonese: 和 (wo4)
  • Min Nan: 和 (hô)

External links [edit]

Min Nan [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ ho˧˥ ]

Noun [edit]

和 (traditional and simplified, POJ hô)

  1. (literary) peace

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

和 (hòa, họa)

Readings [edit]

References [edit]

  • 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
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