and/peace
和 is an 8 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as hé in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as hè, huò, hàn, huó, or hú.
In traditional Chinese the characters 龢 or 咊 may be used instead.
6 stories have been written about this character — see all
Only a leader [who o]ffers GRAIN to hungry MOUTHS can expect a land with <HARMONY AND PEACE>. Otherwise expect *up*risings.
by vms5q
'All' is a concept like grain opening for person and town, because divine peace underscores every exclusion, no? (story ref 不 和 都)
by talk2dream
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Pronunciation
We found 6 pronunciations for 和
Definitions for 和 pronounced as hé
- surname He
- Japanese (food, clothes etc)
- and
- together with
- with
- sum
- union
- peace
- harmony
- Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with"
- old variant of 和[he2]
- harmonious
- old variant of 和[he2]
Definitions for 和 pronounced as hè
- to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
- to join in the singing
- to chime in with others
Definitions for 和 pronounced as huò
- to mix (ingredients) together
- to blend
- classifier for rinses of clothes
- classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
Definitions for 和 pronounced as hàn
Definitions for 和 pronounced as huó
- to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
- Taiwan pr. [huo4]
Definitions for 和 pronounced as hú
- to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
Vocabulary
The most common words for 和 — see all
- harmonious
- harmony
- (euphemism) to censor
- Buddhist monk
- 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
- peace
- peaceful
Collections
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Boya I Unit 8
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