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Chinese symbol for “waka”

和歌
hé gē
waka (style of Japanese poetry)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for waka is 和歌 (hé gē), defined as: waka (style of Japanese poetry).

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Characters and stroke order

和 hé
harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
歌 gē
song, lyrics; to sing, to chant
radical 76 ⽋ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 和歌.

WordPinyinMeaning
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
共和国 (共和國)gòng hé guórepublic
和谐 (和諧)hé xiéharmonious; harmony
和尚hé shangBuddhist monk
共和gòng hérepublic; republicanism
温和 (溫和)wēn hémild; gentle
歌曲gē qǔsong
歌手gē shǒusinger

See also: Japanese symbol for “waka”.

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.