和 — harmony, Japanese style, peace
わ
和
harmony
Grade 3
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
8 strokes
U+548C
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #124
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #897
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- harmony
- Japanese style
- peace
word
わ wa On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
和
wa
harmony
昭
和
shouwa
Showa (era)
平
和
heiwa
peace
調
和
chouwa
harmony
和
田
wada
Wada (surname)
和
歌
山
wakayama
Wakayama (city/prefecture)
和
食
washoku
Japanese cuisine
和
平
wahei
peace
同
和
douwa
social integration
和
風
wafuu
Japanese style
和
声
wasei
harmony (music)
共
和
kyouwa
republican
英
和
eiwa
English-Japanese
和
解
wakai
reconciliation
講
和
kouwa
peace
共
和
党
kyouwatou
Republican Party
緩
和
kanwa
relaxation
違
和
感
iwakan
sense of discomfort
浦
和
urawa
Urawa (place name in Saitama)
和
菓
子
wagashi
Japanese sweets
なご nago Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.
より yori Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
かず kazu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
くち
口
mouth
#30
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 口 (mouth) and 禾 (ka, grain). Harmony — when mouths are fed with grain, peace prevails.