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大和

Dàhé
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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

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.
大和号是日本二战时的著名战舰。
Dàhé hào shì Rìběn èr zhàn 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 (やまと) 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