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和 — and; together with; with

and; together with; with; sum; to make peace; to draw; to tie

Pinyin
hé · hè · hú · huó
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — hé, hè, hú, huó — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 和: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

和 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 和 in the HSK syllabus: 23

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 和héand; together with; with; sum; to make peaceHSK 1
  2. 暖和nuǎnhuowarm; nice and warmHSK 4
  3. 和平hépíngpeace; peacefulHSK 6
  4. 和谐héxiéharmonious; harmony; to censorHSK 6
  5. 温和wēnhémild; gentle; moderateHSK 6
  6. 饱和bǎohésaturated; filled to capacityHSK 7–9
  7. 风和日丽fēnghé-rìlìmoderate wind, beautiful sun; fine sunny weather, esp. in springtimeHSK 7–9
  8. 附和fùhèto agree; to go along with; to echoHSK 7–9
  9. 共和国gònghéguórepublicHSK 7–9
  10. 和蔼hé’ǎikindly; nice; amiableHSK 7–9
  11. 和好héhǎoto become reconciled; on good terms with each otherHSK 7–9
  12. 和解héjiěto settle; to reconcile; settlement; conciliationHSK 7–9
  13. 和睦hémùpeaceful relations; harmoniousHSK 7–9
  14. 和平共处hépíng gòngchǔpeaceful coexistence of nations, societies etcHSK 7–9
  15. 和气héqifriendly; polite; amiableHSK 7–9
  16. 和尚héshangBuddhist monkHSK 7–9
  17. 缓和huǎnhéto ease; to alleviate; to moderate; to allayHSK 7–9
  18. 平和pínghégentle; mild; moderate; placidHSK 7–9
  19. 亲和力qīnhélìwarmth; approachability; accessibilityHSK 7–9
  20. 柔和róuhégentle; softHSK 7–9
  21. 调和tiáohéharmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediationHSK 7–9
  22. 祥和xiánghéauspicious and peacefulHSK 7–9
  23. 总和zǒnghésumHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.