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wa

harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan

Components - Individual components of the kanji.
Bushu - Kanji that share the same bushu number.
Classical - Kanji that share the same classical number.
Jouyou - Same Jouyou grade.
Skip - Same skip codes.
Example - Example sentences.
Usage - Words that use this kanji.
Drawing - How to draw this kanji.
References - References numbers found in an assortment of reference books.

TRANSLATIONS

English	harmony Japanese style peace soften Japan
Romaji	wa
Korean	hwa
Mandarin	he2 he4 huo2 huo4 huo5 hai1 he5
Reading	ワオカやわ.らぐやわ.らげるなご.むなご.やか	wa o ka yawa.ragu yawa.rageru nago.mu nago.yaka
Nanori (name)	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	ai izu kazu katsu katsuri kadu take chi tomo na nigi masa yasu y
Radical name	-	-

DETAILS

Kanji	和
Radical	no
Radical Number	-
Bushu Number	115
Classical Radical #	30
Frequency of use	124
Jouyou grade level	3
Stroke count	8
Hex ID	4F42
Unicode ID	548c
Four corner code	2690.0
Skip code	1-5-3
Nelson index	-
JIS 0208 code	-
JIS 0212 code	6D61

COMPONENTS

Strokes	Radical	Rad. #	Romaji	English
3	口	30	kuchi	mouth
5	禾	115	nogi	2-branch tree

SAME BUSHU NUMBER 115

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	穐	aki	autumn
2	委	i	committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
3	移	i	shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into
4	稲	ine	rice plant
5	穏	on	calm, quiet, moderation

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SAME CLASSICAL NUMBER 30

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	哀	ai	pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize
2	可	ka	can, possable, mustn't, should not, do not
3	嘉	ka	applaud, praise, esteem
4	各	kaku	each, every, either
5	含	gan	include, bear in mind, understand, cherish

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SAME JOUYOU GRADE 3

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	悪	aku	bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
2	安	an	relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
3	暗	an	darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
4	委	i	committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
5	意	i	idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
6	医	i	doctor, medicine
7	育	iku	bring up, grow up, raise, rear
8	員	in	employee, member, number, the one in charge
9	飲	in	drink, smoke, take
10	院	in	Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
11	運	un	carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
12	泳	ei	swim
13	駅	eki	station
14	央	ou	center, middle
15	横	yoko	sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
16	屋	ya	roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
17	温	on	warm
18	化	ka	change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
19	荷	ka	baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
20	界	kai	world
21	開	kai	open, unfold, unseal
22	階	kai	storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
23	寒	kan	cold
24	感	kan	emotion, feeling, sensation
25	漢	kan	Sino-, China
26	館	kan	building, mansion, large building, palace
27	岸	kishi	beach
28	期	ki	period, time, date, term
29	起	ki	rouse, wake up, get up
30	客	kyaku	guest, visitor, customer, client
31	宮	miya	Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
32	急	kyuu	hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
33	球	tama	ball, sphere
34	究	kyuu	research, study
35	級	kyuu	class, rank, grade
36	去	kyo	gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
37	橋	hashi	bridge
38	業	gyou	business, vocation, arts, performance
39	局	kyoku	bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
40	曲	kyoku	bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
41	銀	gin	silver
42	区	ku	ward, district
43	苦	ku	suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
44	具	gu	tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
45	君	kun	old boy, name-suffix
46	係	kakari	person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
47	軽	kei	lightly, trifling, unimportant
48	決	ketsu	decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
49	血	chi	blood
50	研	ken	polish, study of, sharpen
51	県	ken	prefecture
52	庫	ko	warehouse, storehouse
53	湖	mizuumi	lake
54	向	kou	yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
55	幸	sachi	happiness, blessing, fortune
56	港	minato	harbor
57	号	gou	nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
58	根	ne	root, radical, head (pimple)
59	祭	matsuri	ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
60	坂	saka	slope, incline, hill
61	皿	sara	dish, a helping, plate
62	仕	shi	attend, doing, official, serve
63	使	shi	use
64	始	shi	commence, begin
65	指	yubi	finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
66	死	shi	death, die
67	詩	shi	poem, poetry
68	歯	ha	tooth, cog
69	事	koto	matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
70	持	ji	hold, have
71	次	tsugi	next, order, sequence
72	式	shiki	style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
73	実	mi	reality, truth
74	写	sha	copy, be photographed, describe
75	者	mono	someone, person
76	主	shu	lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
77	取	shu	take, fetch, take up
78	守	shu	guard, protect, defend, obey
79	酒	sake	sake, alcohol
80	受	ju	accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
81	州	shuu	state, province
82	拾	shuu	pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
83	終	owari	end, finish
84	習	shuu	learn
85	集	shuu	gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
86	住	juu	dwell, reside, live, inhabit
87	重	juu	heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
88	宿	yado	inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
89	所	tokoro	place
90	暑	sho	sultry, hot, summer heat
91	助	jo	help, rescue, assist
92	勝	kachi	victory, win, prevail, excel
93	商	shou	make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
94	昭	akira	shining, bright
95	消	shou	extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
96	章	shou	badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
97	乗	jou	ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
98	植	shoku	plant
99	深	shin	deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
100	申	saru	have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
101	真	makoto	true, reality, Buddhist sect
102	神	kami	gods, mind, soul
103	身	mi	somebody, person, one's station in life
104	進	susumu	advance, proceed, progress, promote
105	世	yo	generation, world, society, public
106	整	sei	organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
107	昔	mukashi	once upon a time, antiquity, old times
108	全	zen	whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
109	想	sou	concept, think, idea, thought
110	相	sou	inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
111	送	sou	escort, send
112	息	iki	breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
113	速	soku	quick, fast
114	族	zoku	tribe, family
115	他	hoka	other, another, the others
116	打	da	strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
117	対	tsui	vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
118	待	tai	wait, depend on
119	代	dai	substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
120	第	dai	No., residence
121	題	dai	topic, subject
122	炭	sumi	charcoal, coal
123	短	tan	short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
124	談	dan	discuss, talk
125	着	chaku	don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
126	柱	hashira	pillar, post, cylinder, support
127	注	chuu	pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate
128	丁	chou	street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
129	帳	chou	notebook, account book, album
130	調	chou	tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate
131	追	tsui	chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
132	定	tei	determine, fix, establish, decide
133	庭	niwa	courtyard, garden, yard
134	笛	fue	flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
135	鉄	tetsu	iron
136	転	ten	revolve, turn around, change
137	登	tou	ascend, climb up
138	都	miyako	metropolis, capital
139	度	do	degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
140	島	shima	island
141	投	tou	throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
142	湯	yu	hot water, bath, hot spring
143	等	nado	etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
144	豆	mame	beans, pea, midget
145	動	dou	move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
146	童	warabe	juvenile, child
147	農	nou	agriculture, farmers
148	波	nami	waves, billows, Poland
149	配	hai	distribute, spouse, exile, rationing
150	倍	bai	double, twice, times, fold
151	箱	hako	box, chest, case, bin, railway car
152	畑	hatake	farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
153	発	hatsu	discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
154	反	han	anti-
155	板	ita	plank, board, plate, stage
156	悲	hi	jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
157	皮	kawa	pelt, skin, hide, leather
158	美	bi	beauty, beautiful
159	鼻	hana	nose, snout
160	筆	fude	writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
161	氷	koori	icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
162	表	omote	surface, table, chart, diagram
163	病	byou	ill, sick
164	秒	byou	second (1/60 minute)
165	品	hin	goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
166	負	fu	defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
167	部	bu	section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
168	服	fuku	clothing, admit, obey, discharge
169	福	fuku	blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
170	物	mono	thing, object, matter
171	平	taira	even, flat, peace
172	返	hen	return, answer, fade, repay
173	勉	tsutomu	exertion
174	放	hou	set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
175	味	aji	flavor, taste
176	命	inochi	fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
177	面	men	mask, face, features, surface
178	問	ton	question, ask, problem
179	役	yaku	duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
180	薬	kusuri	medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
181	油	abura	oil, fat
182	有	ari	possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
183	由	yu	wherefore, a reason
184	遊	yuu	play
185	予	arakajime	beforehand, previous, myself, I
186	様	sama	Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
187	洋	hiroshi	ocean, western style
188	羊	hitsuji	sheep
189	葉	ha	leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
190	陽	you	sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
191	落	raku	fall, drop, come down
192	流	ryuu	current, a sink, flow, forfeit
193	旅	tabi	trip, travel
194	両	ryou	both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
195	緑	midori	green
196	礼	rei	salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
197	列	retsu	file, row, rank, tier, column
198	練	ren	practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
199	路	michi	path, route, road, distance
200	和	wa	harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan

SAME SKIP CODE 1-5-3

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	邪	ja	wicked, injustice, wrong
2	知	chi	know, wisdom
3	邸	tei	residence, mansion
4	的	teki	bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
5	和	wa	harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Note: Entries from the Tanaka Corpus (Examples) should be taken as extremely loose examples only, not definitive, please read http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/tanakacorpus.html for more information.

#	Kanji	English
1	高い山の上で彼らは彼ら自身の小さな町を作り、平和に暮らした。 takai yama no uede karera ha karera jishin no chiisa na machi wo tsukuri , heiwa ni kurashi ta .	There on the top of a high mountain they built a small town of their own and lived in peace.

2	彼らは平和を切望している。 karera ha heiwa wo setsubou shiteiru .	They're anxious for peace.

3	美和子さん、こちらケニーさんです。 miwako san , kochira keni^ sandesu .	Miwako, I want you to meet Kenny.

4	科学技術は人間と自然の対立関係を和らげることができなかった。 kagakugijutsu ha ningen to shizen no tairitsukankei wo yawara gerukotogadekinakatta .	Technology has failed to ease the conflict between man and nature.

5	誠実さの痛みを和らげる。 seijitsu sano itami wo yawara geru .	Relieves the pains of being sincere.

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WORD USAGE

#	Dict	Kanji	Hira/Kata	English
1	Japanese	ガーナ共和国 ga^na kyouwakoku	ガーナきょうわこく ga^na kyouwakoku	(n) Republic of Ghana

2	Japanese	ガイアナ協同共和国 gaiana kyoudou kyouwakoku	ガイアナきょうどうきょうわこく gaiana kyoudoukyouwakoku	(n) Co-operative Republic of Guyana

3	Japanese	ガボン共和国 gabon kyouwakoku	ガボンきょうわこく gabon kyouwakoku	(n) Gabonese Republic

4	Japanese	ガンビア共和国 ganbia kyouwakoku	ガンビアきょうわこく ganbia kyouwakoku	(n) Republic of the Gambia

5	Japanese	ギニアビサウ共和国 giniabisau kyouwakoku	ギニアビサウきょうわこく giniabisau kyouwakoku	(n) Republic of Guinea-Bissau

6	Computing	規制緩和 kiseikanwa	きせいかんわ kiseikanwa	deregulation relaxation of regulation(s)

7	Computing	算術和 sanjutsu wa	さんじゅつわ sanjutsuwa	arithmetic sum

8	Computing	排他的論理和 haitateki ronriwa	はいたてきろんりわ haitatekironriwa	exclusive OR (XOR)

9	Computing	排他的論理和演算 haitateki ronriwa enzan	はいたてきろんりわえんざん haitatekironriwaenzan	non-equivalence operation EXCLUSIVE-OR operation

10	Computing	排他的論理和演算 haitateki ronriwa enzan	ひたてきろんりわかさん hitatekironriwakasan	exclusive or operation

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DRAWING

Note There is a problem with the stroke order in some of these kanji, I'm aware of it but have no time to fix it, like all online information it should be taken with a (large) grain of salt. To be clear: the problem is in the image drawing program not the Taka database.

The green dot is the starting point!
Name above the completed radical is the reading
Name below the completed radical is the radical name
If you find an error, please email kanji at mahou.org

The stroke order information has been borrowed from the Taka Kanji Database

REFERENCES

1130	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
3268	Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
770	The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
3.5	Japanese For Busy People vols I-III
85	The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power
326	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
440	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd ed.
352	Kanji in Context
769	Kanji Learners Dictionary
277	Essential Kanji
2277	2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha)
338	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese
318	Tuttle Kanji Cards
5d3.1	The Kanji Dictionary
124	Kanji & Kana book" 2nd ed.
3490, 2.0969	Morohashi Daikanwajiten (index number, volume.page)
416	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters
151	Gakken Kanji Dictionary
897	Remembering The Kanji
638	Japanese Names

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