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Japanese Harmony Japan Moderate Gentle Mild Chinese Mouth

Kanji
Onyomi ワ、オ、カ
Kunyomi やわ.らぐ、やわ.らげる、なご.む、なご.やか
Nanori あい, いず, かず, かつ, かつり, かづ, たけ, ち, とも, な, にぎ, まさ, やす, よし, より, わだこ, わっ
English harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
Examples 平和(へいわ): peace; harmony
緩和(かんわ): relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation; softening
調和(ちょうわ): harmony
和風(わふう): (1) Japanese style (2) light wind; moderate breeze
和服(わふく): Japanese clothes
英和(えいわ): English-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
飽和(ほうわ): saturation
穏和(おんわ): gentle; mild; moderate
共和(きょうわ): republican; cooperative
和やか(なごやか): mild; calm; gentle; quiet; harmonious
中和(ちゅうわ): neutralize; neutralise; counteract
和英(わえい): Japanese-English
和らげる(やわらげる): to soften; to moderate; to relieve
漢和(かんわ): (1) China and Japan (2) Chinese and Japanese (languages) (3) Chinese Character-Japanese dictionary
和(わ): (1) sum (2) harmony; peace (3) Japanese-style
和文(わぶん): Japanese text; sentence in Japanese
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 124
Components 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115)
口: mouth
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 30
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading くち・くちへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword harmony
Koohii Story 1 The first step to harmony is having enough wheat to feed every mouth in the world. Once we are all fed it is easier to get a long in harmony.
Koohii Story 2 People who live in harmony with nature live in the country. they are yokels or hillbillys. See Billy-bob sitting on the porch in their denhim dungarees a sheaf of wheat, sticking from their mouth.

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq1-250

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