龢

hé
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 harmonious (old form of 和)
  2. 2 used as a given name and surname character

Examples

HSK 7-9
Wēng Tónghé shì Guāngxù huángdì de lǎoshī.
Weng Tonghe was tutor to the Guangxu Emperor.

Tips

history
Not used as an ordinary word - it is an old graphic variant of 和 kept alive almost solely in personal names, most famously the Qing statesman 翁同龢. Modern Chinese always writes 和.
register
Archaic and onomastic only; you see it in historical names and etymology notes, never in current writing.

Components

semantic
龠 yuè
panpipe; ancient flute
The left side is 龠, a multi-reed panpipe. Tones blending sweetly from such a pipe give the original idea of harmony - the meaning later inherited by 和.
phonetic
禾 hé
grain plant
On the right, 禾 supplies the hé sound - the very same phonetic that stands in modern 和.

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Stroke Order

龢 hé