Chinese Character 和 Meanings and components.

Form

和

Meaning

和 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 和[He2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 和 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with HDR

How to write 和

To write和he2old variant … you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吅 shape:

禾 + 口 = 和

和 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 和 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 和, looks as follow:

和
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 和[He2]
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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