龢
hé HSK1

in harmony

Variant of 和. Phonosemantic compound. 龠 represents the meaning and 禾 represents the sound.

Components

龠
龠 Meaning component
yuè flute
禾
禾 Sound component
hé grain stalk

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡoːl

說文解字

《說文》：“龢，謂也。讀與和同。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)