What does kanji 諧 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 諧 is harmony.

How is kanji 諧 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 諧 are かな.う, やわ.らぐ; the onyomi readings are カイ.

What is the main radical of kanji 諧?

The main radical for kanji 諧 is 言.

What words use kanji 諧?

Example words that use kanji 諧 include 諧声, 諧調, 諧和, 諧謔.

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諧

Meaning

Kanji 諧

harmony

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: かな.うやわ.らぐ
Onyomi 音読み: カイ
Nanori 名乗り: かのうゆき

Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: -
Strokes: 16
Radical: 言
Components: 比 • 白 • 言
Kanji Kentei: Level 2
Similar Kanji: 楷 • 鍇 • 稭 • 皆 • 偕 • 階 • 揩

Related vocabulary

Showing 14 common entries

Showing 14 of 14 entries that include this kanji.

諧声

かいせい

vocal harmony

諧調

かいちょう

harmonious melody

諧和

かいか

harmony

諧謔

かいぎゃく

joke

諧謔を弄する

かいぎゃくをろうする

to crack jokes

誹諧

はいかい

haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.)

天狗俳諧

てんぐはいかい

parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results)

和諧

わかい

harmonious divorce settlement

滑稽諧謔

こっけいかいぎゃく

smooth-talking and humorous

俳諧の連歌

はいかいのれんが

haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)

俳諧師

はいかいし

writer of haikai poems

俳諧味

はいかいみ

haiku-like quality

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

この色の組み合わせには、落ち着いた諧調がある。

This color combination has a calm harmony.

二人の演奏は見事な諧和を生み出した。

Their performance created a wonderful harmony.

この文章は全体としてよく諧っている。

This text is well balanced as a whole.

新しい制度が社会の実情に諧うとは限らない。

A new system does not always fit the realities of society.

その町は古い建物と新しい店が不思議に諧していた。

In that town, old buildings and new shops blended together in a strangely harmonious way.