Chinese symbol for “harmonious”
和谐
hé xié
Traditional: 和諧
harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for harmonious is 和谐 (hé xié), defined as: harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “harmonious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和 | hé | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum |
| 调和 (調和) | tiáo hé | harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile |
| 融洽 | róng qià | harmonious; friendly relations |
| 谐 (諧) | xié | (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous |
| 调谐 (調諧) | tiáo xié | harmonious; to adjust |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 和谐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 共和国 (共和國) | gòng hé guó | republic |
| 和尚 | hé shang | Buddhist monk |
| 共和 | gòng hé | republic; republicanism |
| 温和 (溫和) | wēn hé | mild; gentle |
| 谐音 (諧音) | xié yīn | homonym; homophone |
| 诙谐 (詼諧) | huī xié | humorous; jocular |
| 谐波 (諧波) | xié bō | harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “harmonious”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.