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大和

Dàhé
proper noun #32,756

Meanings

  1. 1 Yamato (ancient Japanese province and cultural-historical name for Japan)
  2. 2 Yamato (Japanese surname or place name)
  3. 3 Daiwa (Japanese company / brand name)

Examples

HSK 3
大和民族是日本的主要民族。
Dàhé mínzú shì Rìběn de zhǔyào mínzú.
The Yamato people are the main ethnic group of Japan.
HSK 7-9
大和号是日本二战时的著名战舰。
Dàhé hào shì Rìběn èrzhàn shí de zhùmíng zhànjiàn.
The Yamato was a famous Japanese battleship in WWII.

Tips

history
大和 (Yamato) is the classical name for Japan's heartland - originally a province around modern Nara. The Japanese themselves sometimes still use 大和 for poetic 'Japan-ness'. The WWII battleship 大和 (Yamato) - the heaviest battleship ever built - was named after this province. Note the unique Japanese reading: characters read as 'da-he' in Mandarin but 'yamato' in Japanese.
culture
In Chinese, 大和民族 (Dàhé mínzú, 'Yamato ethnicity') is the standard term for ethnic Japanese, distinct from 日本人 (Japanese nationals).

Stroke Order

大 dà
和 hé