和

和 — harmony, Japanese style, peace

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 8
Taught in: School year 3
Frequency: #124 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: わ wa

お o

か ka
Kun'yomi: やわ.らぐ yawa.ragu

やわ.らげる yawa.rageru

なご.む nago.mu

なご.やか nago.yaka

あ.える a.eru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 和

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