和 hé▶ dan

Stroke order

和 is written in 8 strokes.

• 和

Senses

1. (math.) sum
2. to make peace
3. (sports) to draw; to tie
4. (bound form) harmonious
5. (bound form) Japan; Japanese

Example sentences

• 我和他是同学。Wǒ hé tā shì tóngxué.He and I are classmates.
• 我喜欢猫和狗。Wǒ xǐhuan māo hé gǒu.I like cats and dogs.

Related words

• 暖和hangat
• 和平damai
• 和气baik; sopan
• 和睦harmoni
• 和蔼Dengan ramah
• 和解kompromi

和 is pronounced hé and means “dan”. You will meet it in HSK 1, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 和 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.