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和 (hé): meaning and stroke order

和 (hé) means (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr.), (math.) sum, to make peace.

和

Simplified
和
Traditional
和, 咊, 龢
Pinyin
hé · hè · hú · huó · huò

Stroke order of 和

和

  • hé old variant of 和[he2]
  • Hé surname He
  • hé (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 咊

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 和

  1. hé
    • (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4])
    • (math.) sum
    • to make peace
    • (sports) to draw; to tie
    • (bound form) harmonious
    • (bound form) Japan; Japanese
  2. hé Traditional 咊
    • old variant of 和[he2]
  3. Hé
    • surname He
  4. hé Traditional 龢
    • (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2])
  5. 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
  6. hú
    • to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
  7. huó
    • to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
    • Taiwan pr. [huo4]
  8. huò
    • to mix (ingredients) together
    • to blend
    • classifier for rinses of clothes
    • classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

Radical and structure

和
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 8 strokes · 禾 on the left, 口 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 和

和 in our stories

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  • 这是他爸爸和妈妈。

    zhè shì tā bàba hé māma

    This is his dad and his mum.

    From the story A photo HSK 1

  • 马丽和妈妈去买苹果。

    Mǎ Lì hé māma qù mǎi píngguǒ

    Ma Li and her mum go to buy apples.

    From the story Buying apples HSK 1

  • 春节前一天，冬冬和爸爸妈妈坐火车回爷爷奶奶家。

    Chūnjié qián yì tiān Dōngdong hé bàba māma zuò huǒchē huí yéye nǎinai jiā

    The day before the Spring Festival, Dongdong and his parents take the train to his grandparents' home.

    From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2

Stories using 和

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).