和

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和 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: page 185, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3490
• Dae Jaweon: page 404, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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 / 形声, OC *ɡoːl, *ɡoːls) : phonetic 禾 (OC *ɡoːl) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – harmony. The original version was 龢, with the radical of the flute 𠎤 (> 龠) in its either archaic or contracted version perhaps to indicate the abstract concept of harmony through harmony in music.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “see talk”)

“and; with”

Zhao (2018) suggests that hàn and hài may ultimately derive from the contractions of 還有／还有 (háiyǒu) in colloquial speech. On the other hand, Yu (1988) and Jiang (2012) argue hàn and hài derive from 喚／唤 (huàn, “to call”).

“Japanese”

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 和(やまと) (Yamato). The original character was a replacement for earlier 倭(わ) (Wa) in 757 CE with a character that sounded similar in contemporary pronunciations of Chinese, 和, due to the offensive meaning of 倭.

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。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   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, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     zǐ yuē: jūnzǐ hé ér bù tóng, xiǎorén tóng ér bù hé

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

6. (sports) to tie

   和波 [Cantonese]  ―  wo⁴ bo¹   ―  to tie a football match

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

Others:

• → Thai: ฮั้ว (húua)
• → Vietnamese: hùa

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.

   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?

     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.

   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.

   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.

   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 zhǎo dào bù zhǔnquè de dìfang.

   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.

   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  ―  huómiàn  ―  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. (mahjong) to have a winning hand

   和牌  ―  húpái  ―  to win in mahjong

• When playing mahjong, a player may say this word as a call when winning from another player's discard.

• (Cantonese) 食糊
• (Taiwanese Hokkien) 到 (kàu)

• Japanese: 和了(ホーラ) (hōra)

和

1. ^† warm

   暖和  ―  nuǎnhuo  ―  warm

   溫和／温和  ―  wēnhuo  ―  warm, lukewarm

• “和”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: わ (wa, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
• Tō-on: お (o, Jōyō ^†)^{←を (wo, historical)}
• Kun: あえる (aeru, 和える)、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, 和らぐ, historical)}、やわらげる (yawarageru, 和らげる, Jōyō)^{←やはらげる (yafarageru, 和らげる, historical)}、やまと (yamato)
• Nanori: あい (ai)、いず (izu)、かつ (katsu)、かづ (kazu)、かつり (katsuri)、かず (kazu)、たけ (take)、ち (chi)、とも (tomo)、な (na)、にぎ (nigi)、のどか (nodoka)、まさ (masa)、やす (yasu)、よし (yoshi)、より (yori)、わだこ (wadako)、わっ (wa')