Read Edit View history 龢 hé HSK1 in harmony Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 08:08 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 08:08 PM 和 Variant of 和. Phonosemantic compound. 龠 represents the meaning and 禾 represents the sound. Components 龠 龠 Meaning component 禾 禾 Sound component Character Evolution Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less 說文解字 《說文》:“龢,謂也。讀與和同。” Sources Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)