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和 hé

1. And/ With

我和你 (wǒ hé nǐ) Me and you
和你在一起 (hé nǐ zài yì qǐ) To be with you Literal. With you, together

2. Harmony

和平 (hé píng) Peace Literal. Harmonious and calm
和气 (hé qì) Polite Literal. Speak in a harmonious tone
和解 (hé jiě) Reconcile / Settle (in a dispute) Literal. Harmonious resolution

Compound characters with 禾 Grain Radical are usually derived from the process of crop growth

稻 (dào) Rice crop
种 (zhòng) Cultivate
稳 (wěn) Stable / Firm；
利 (lì) Favorable / Gains
移 (yí) Shift / Move
程 (chéng) Procedure / Sequence / Journey
积 (jī) Accumulate；
季 (jì) Season
秒 (miǎo) Second (time marker)

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大和民族 (dà hán mín zú) Yamoto Minzuko / Native Japanese Literal. Great harmonious race refers to the early natives in the Japanese archipelago. Around the 8th century, 和 was adopted as a replacement to 倭 (wō). Thereafter, some terms are still in use today:
- 和服 (hé fú) Kimono Literal. Native Japanese costume
- 和牛 (hé niú) Wagyu beef Literal. Native Japanese beef