Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
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

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
steel
Kun:
はがね
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1246 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鋼 【ハガネ】 steel, sword steel, sword
  • 鋼材 【コウザイ】 steel material
  • 粗鋼 【ソコウ】 crude steel
  • 製鋼 【セイコウ】 steel manufacture

Kun reading compounds

  • 鋼 【はがね】 steel, sword steel, sword
  • 鋼色 【はがねいろ】 steel blue
  • 玉鋼 【たまはがね】 traditional Japanese steel made from iron sand (esp. for use in swords)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gang1, gang4
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • acero

Portuguese

  • aço

French

  • acier
874 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
864 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
867 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4883 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1509 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1851 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1608 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1715 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1337 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1825 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2183 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1551 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1981 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40509 Morohashi
1740 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6302 New Nelson (John Haig)
1962 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2113 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
992 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2853 2001 Kanji
8a8.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8712.0 Four corner code
1-25-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92fc Unicode hex code