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和

hé

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

和 (hé) means "and; together with; with". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 和 means

1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
2. mathsum
3. to make peace
4. sportsto draw; to tie
5. bound formharmonious
6. bound formJapan; Japanese

How 和 is used in grammar

和 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Conjunctions: 和/跟 and Parallel Clauses (HSK 1)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 1, conjunctions (连接词语或短语); level 1, prepositions (引出对象).

Other readings

和 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• héharmonious (variant of {和|hé})
• hèto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the si
• húto complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
• huóto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. huò
• huòto mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes
• Hésurname He
• héold variant of {和|hé}

Example sentences

• 和气点。
  Be nice.
• 和你闲聊。
  Hé nǐ xiánliáo.
  I am chatting with you.
• 爱和和平。
  Love and Peace.
• 和你无关。
  It has nothing to do with you.
• 天气暖和。
  It was a warm day.
• 和我握手。
  Shake my hand.

Words starting with 和

• 和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
• 和谐hé xiéharmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
• 和气hé qifriendly; polite; amiable
• 和解hé jiěto settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement
• 和蔼hé ǎikindly; nice; amiable
• 和睦hé mùpeaceful relations; harmonious
• 和尚hé shangBuddhist monk
• 和善hé shàngood-natured
• 和风hé fēngbreeze; (Taiwan) Japanese-style (cooking etc)
• 和弦hé xián(music) chord
• 和约hé yuēpeace treaty
• 和蔼可亲hé ǎi kě qīnaffable; genial
• 和服hé fúkimono
• 和乐hé lèharmonious and happy
• 和声hé shēngharmony (music)
• 和谈hé tánpeace talks
• 和衣hé yīwith one's clothes on (when sleeping)
• 和煦hé xùwarm; genial
• 和平里Hé píng lǐHepingli neighborhood of Beijing
• 和平共处hé píng gòng chǔpeaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc
• 和颜悦色hé yán yuè sèamiable manner; pleasant countenance
• 和睦相处hé mù xiāng chǔto live in harmony; to get along with each other
• 和缓hé huǎnmild; gentle; to ease up
• 和顺hé shùnsweet-tempered; acquiescent

Words containing 和

• 暖和nuǎn huowarm; nice and warm
• 温和wēn hémild; gentle; moderate
• 柔和róu hégentle; soft
• 共和国gòng hé guórepublic
• 缓和huǎn héto ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate
• 总和zǒng hésum
• 附和fù hèto agree; to go along with; to echo (what sb says)
• 调和tiáo héharmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation
• 饱和bǎo hésaturated; filled to capacity
• 平和píng hégentle; mild; moderate
• 颐和园Yí hé yuánSummer Palace in Beijing
• 祥和xiáng héauspicious and peaceful
• 郑和Zhèng HéZheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
• 共和gòng hérepublic; republicanism
• 随和suí héamiable; easygoing
• 心平气和xīn píng qì hétranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress
• 大和Dà héYamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a…
• 耶和华Yē hé huáJehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH); compare Yahweh 雅威
• 共和党Gòng hé dǎngRepublican Party
• 亲和力qīn hé lì(personal) warmth; approachability; accessibility
• 协和xié héto harmonize; harmony; cooperation
• 搅和jiǎo huoto mix; to blend; (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things; (fig.) to run around with (sb)…
• 谦和qiān hémeek; modest; amiable
• 义和团Yì hé tuánthe Righteous and Harmonious Fists; the Boxers (history)

Characters built on 禾

These share the phonetic component 禾 (hé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 科kēbranch of study; administrative section; division
• 稞kē(wheat)
• 穑sègather in harvest

Characters that look like 和

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose
• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish
• 卸xièto unload; to remove; to detach; to get rid of
• 伽gāused in the transliteration of Greek letters
• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 盒small box; case
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 阂obstruct
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach
• 涸to dry; to dry up

Where 和 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Function Words and Adverbs (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 5 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hé correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.