Jisho

×

和

8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 禾
Variants:
龢
harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
Kun:
やわ.らぐ、 やわ.らげる、 なご.む、 なご.やか、 あ.える
On:
ワ、 オ、 カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 和 【ワ】 sum, harmony, peace, Japan, Japanese-style
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
  • 講和 【コウワ】 reconciliation (between warring nations), (making of) peace
  • 英和 【エイワ】 English-Japanese, English-Japanese dictionary
  • 阿蘭陀 【オランダ】 Netherlands, Holland
  • 和尚 【オショウ】 priestly teacher, preceptor, monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest, second highest priestly rank in Buddhism, master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
  • 和声 【ワセイ】 harmony, concord, consonance
  • 和尚 【オショウ】 priestly teacher, preceptor, monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest, second highest priestly rank in Buddhism, master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
  • 諧和 【カイワ】 gentle mutual affection, harmony, harmony

Kun reading compounds

  • 和らぐ 【やわらぐ】 to soften, to calm down, to be eased, to be mitigated, to subside, to abate
  • 和らげる 【やわらげる】 to soften, to moderate, to relieve
  • 和む 【なごむ】 to be softened, to calm down
  • 和やか 【なごやか】 mild, calm, gentle, quiet, congenial, amicable, amiable, friendly, genial, harmonious, peaceful
  • 和える 【あえる】 to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 いず、 かず、 かつ、 かつり、 かづ、 たけ、 ち、 とも、 な、 にぎ、 まさ、 やす、 よし、 より、 わだこ、 わっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, he4, huo2, huo4, huo5, hai1, he5
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • armonía
  • paz
  • estilo japonés
  • suavizar
  • calmar
  • tranquilo
  • armonioso

Portuguese

  • harmonia
  • estilo Japonês
  • paz
  • amaciar
  • Japão

French

  • harmonie
  • style japonais
  • paix
  • adoucir
  • Japon
338 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
440 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
416 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
151 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3268 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
277 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
412 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
638 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.5 Japanese for Busy People
124 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
124 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
352 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
326 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1450 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1044 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
906 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3490 Morohashi
1130 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
770 New Nelson (John Haig)
897 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
963 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
85 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
318 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2277 2001 Kanji
5d3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-3 SKIP code
2690.0 Four corner code
1-47-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
548c Unicode hex code

銅

14 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
一 冂 口 金
copper
Kun:
あかがね
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1505 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 銅 【ドウ】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
  • 銅像 【ドウゾウ】 bronze statue
  • 白銅 【ハクドウ】 nickel and copper alloy
  • 精銅 【セイドウ】 refined copper

Kun reading compounds

  • 銅 【どう】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
  • 銅色 【どうしょく】 bronze color, copper color

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong2
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • cobre

Portuguese

  • cobre

French

  • cuivre
683 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
781 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
758 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1437 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4853 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
855 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
978 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2159 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1605 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1712 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1340 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1821 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2155 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1533 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
278 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40361 Morohashi
1721 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6266 New Nelson (John Haig)
272 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
290 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
800 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2849 2001 Kanji
8a6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8712.0 Four corner code
1-38-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9285 Unicode hex code