Japanese symbol for “discordant”

非調和

ひちょうわ

Romaji: hichouwa

anharmonic; non-harmonic; discordant

In Japanese, discordant is 非調和, read ひちょうわ (hichouwa).

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Meanings

adj-f anharmonic; non-harmonic; discordant (math)

Kanji and stroke order

非

un-, mistake, negative

on: ヒ
kun: あら.ず

8 strokes · JLPT 2

調

tune, tone, meter

on: チョウ
kun: しら.べる、しら.べ、ととの.う、ととの.える

15 strokes · JLPT 2

和

harmony, Japanese style, peace

on: ワ、オ、カ
kun: やわ.らぐ、やわ.らげる、なご.む、なご.やか

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
非常	ひじょう hijou	emergency
是非	ぜひ zehi	certainly; without fail
非難	ひなん hinan	criticism; blame; censure
非公式	ひこうしき hikoushiki	informal; unofficial
非公開	ひこうかい hikoukai	private; non-public; secret
非行	ひこう hikou	delinquency; misconduct
調査	ちょうさ chousa	investigation; examination; inquiry
調べ	しらべ shirabe	investigation; inspection; examination
平和	へいわ heiwa	peace; harmony

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.