The Japanese kanji for harmony: 和
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The kanji for harmony: 和
Kyoto Harmony 和 — the old capital's balance of garden, gate and silence. 和 is also the character for 'Japanese' itself, as in 和食 (Japanese food).
和
- Meaning
- harmony, peace; also 'Japanese'
- Kun reading
- yawa(ragu) · nago(mu) (Japanese)
- On reading
- WA (from Chinese)
- Strokes
- 8
- 5C5V virtue
- Kyoto Harmony 和
書き順Stroke order
和 is written in 8 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.
Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
使い方In everyday Japanese
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平和 | heiwa | peace |
| 和食 | washoku | Japanese food |
敬意Wearing it
On its own it reads as harmony, or simply 'Japanese'. Both are good things to wear.
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