和 (hé)
and/with/peace
How 和 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 禾 — grain
- Traditional
- 和
- Simplified
- 和 (unchanged)
Components
- 禾 grain
- 口 mouth
和 has 5 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- hé
- surname He; Japanese (food, clothes etc)
- hè
- cap (a poem); to respond in singing
- hú
- to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
- huó
- soft; warm
- huò
- to mix together; to blend
Common words using 和
- 和尚 héshang
- Buddhist monk
- 和平 hépíng
- Heping district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning; Hoping township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
- 和諧 héxié
- harmonious; harmony
- 平和 pínghé
- Pinghe county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
- 暖和 nuǎnhuo
- warm; nice and warm
- 三和弦 sānhéxián
- triad; musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so
- 不和 bùhé
- not get along well; be on bad terms; be at odds
- 中和 zhōnghé
- Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- 中和劑 zhōnghéjì
- neutralizing agent; neutralizer
- 仁和 rénhé
- Renhe district of Panzhihua city 攀枝花市[Pan1 zhi1 hua1 shi4], south Sichuan
- 共和 gònghé
- republic; republicanism
- 共和國 gònghéguó
- republic
和 in a sentence
我和他是大學同學。
Wǒ hé tā shì dàxué tóngxué.
“He and I were college classmates.”
How common is 和?
和 is the 19th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 19.2% of all running text.
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