和 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- ワ・オわ・お · wa · o
- Kun
- やわ(らぐ)・やわ(らげる)・なご(む)・なご(やか)yawa(ragu) · yawa(rageru) · nago(mu) · nago(yaka)
- Meaning
- harmony, peace, Japanese
Stroke order
Origin
口 (mouth) + 禾 (sound) — voices fitting together softly and in tune: harmony, peace.
Readings and examples
| Onワわwa | 和解わかい和服わふく柔和にゅうわ |
|---|---|
| Onオおo | 和尚おしょう |
| Kunやわらぐyawaragu | 和らぐやわらぐ |
| Kunやわらげるyawarageru | 和らげるやわらげる |
| Kunなごむnagomu | 和むなごむ |
| Kunなごやかnagoyaka | 和やかだなごやかだ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 平和へいわ
peace
- 和食わしょく
Japanese food
- 昭和しょうわ
- 和菓子わがし
- 緩和かんわ
- 穏和おんわ
- 飽和ほうわ
- 和睦わぼく
Example
世界が 平和に なる。
The world becomes peaceful.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)