huóhuò

harmony

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
禾 sound component

  Sound component

  

grain stalk

口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

和 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
和 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
和 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
和 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

harmony, peace; peaceful, calm; and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; Taiwan pr. [hàn] when it means "and" or "with"

 

surname He; Japanese (food, clothes etc)

 

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

 

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

 

huó

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huò]

 

huò

to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

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old variant of [hé]

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harmonious

Most common words with 和
Freq.
Word
Meaning

and

和平

Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning

和谐

harmonious

共和国

republic

中华人民共和国

People's Republic of China