漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
諧: harmony
N1 (our estimate)16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 皆 is drawn in
16 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 俳諧はいかいhaikai (collective name for haiku, haibun…
- 諧声かいせいvocal harmony; harmonious voice
- 諧調かいちょうharmonious melody; harmony; unity
Also read かなう, やわらぐ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
皆
Also built on all (皆)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side諧 harmony · 皆
vs謁 audience · 曷In ChineseSimplified 谐 · traditional, as in Japanese · xié
Japan keeps the traditional form 諧; mainland China simplifies it to 谐.
- Simplified
- 谐 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 諧 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xié most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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