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[Learning Chinese] Learn Chinese Characters 018 和

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By Caren Zuo

和 ( hé )

Chinese scholars tell us that the character “和” originally referred to a kind of instrument that play with mouth, that is why the character has a radical “口”. This meaning seldom use today. When the character is has something to do with “playiing instruments” or “singing”, it pronounces the fourth tone. In most cases, it pronounces the second tone and means “peace” or “harmony” in modern Chinese. Let us give another explantion of the character.

和（peace, harmony）= 禾 (a semantic part meaning a cereal plant, representing food) + 口 (a semantic part meaning a mouth） How could a ruler create and maintain a peaceful and harmonious era? The first thing that he needs to do is to let everyone has food to eat. We often say “You and I”, here the English word “and” is translated into “和” in Chinese. Useful Phrases

和平 (hé pínɡ)peace

和谐 (hé xié) harmonious

和气 (hé qì) kindly, amiable

我和你(wǒ hé nǐ) I and you, you and me

一唱一和 (yí chànɡ yī hè )

Here the character “和” pronounces the fourth tone. It originally means “sing in duet”. It is also used to refer to the situation that “one offers an idea, and the other one reponses well in holding up.”

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