Kanji N3

和: harmony, Japanese style, peace

和 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning harmony, Japanese style, peace, written with 8 strokes. It is read ワ, オ, カ (on) and やわらぐ, やわらげる, なごむ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 平和 (へいわ, peace) and 共和 (きょうわ, republicanism).

和

Meanings

  • harmony
  • Japanese style
  • peace
  • soften
  • Japan
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#124 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ワ
  • オ
  • カ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • やわらぐ
  • やわらげる
  • なごむ
  • なごやか
  • あえる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 和

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 平和へいわ

    peace; harmony

    JLPT N3
  • 共和きょうわ

    republicanism

    JLPT N1
  • 調和ちょうわ

    harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

    JLPT N1
  • 緩和かんわ

    relief; mitigation; alleviation

    JLPT N1
  • 和風わふう

    Japanese style

    JLPT N1
  • 和服わふく

    Japanese clothes

    JLPT N2
  • 英和えいわ

    English-Japanese

    JLPT N2
  • 和やかなごやか

    mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable

    JLPT N1

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