和 hé
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
和平
hépíng
peace
Characters in this word
平 píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我们爱和平。 Wǒmen ài hépíng. We love peace.
- 世界要和平。 Shìjiè yào hépíng. The world needs peace.
- 和平很重要。 Hépíng hěn zhòngyào. Peace is very important.