漢かん和わ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

China and Japan; Chinese and Japanese

A compact Sino-Japanese term that can refer either to the countries/cultures or to the Chinese and Japanese languages, depending on context. Outside set phrases and scholarly or dictionary contexts, 和漢 is often the more familiar ordering.

「漢かん和わ」は、中ちゅう国ごくと日本にほん、または中ちゅう国ごく語ごと日本にほん語ごを表あらわす語ごとして使つかわれる。
漢和 is used as a term meaning China and Japan, or Chinese and Japanese.

noun

kanji dictionary; Chinese-character dictionary with Japanese definitions

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 漢和辞典. Used for a dictionary that explains kanji and kanji compounds in Japanese, not for a general Japanese-English dictionary.

Usage patterns

〈漢かん字じ〉を漢かん和わで調しらべるto look up a kanji in a kanji dictionary
分わからない漢かん字じを漢かん和わで調しらべた。
I looked up the kanji I didn't know in a kanji dictionary.

Kanji

漢Sino-, China
和harmony, Japanese style, peace

Related words

漢かん和わ辞じ典てん
漢和 is a shortened, informal way to say 漢和辞典, the full term for a kanji dictionary with Japanese definitions.
和わ漢かん sense 1
漢和 and 和漢 both mean Chinese and Japanese, but 和漢 reverses the word order and is the more familiar choice in cultural or literary compounds.

Don't confuse with

国こく語ご辞じ典てん
漢和 (as in 漢和辞典) is a dictionary that explains kanji and kanji compounds in Japanese, while 国語辞典 is a general dictionary of Japanese words.

Word family

漢かん和わ辞じ典てん
kanji dictionary; Chinese-Japanese character dictionary

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 漢, associated here with China, Chinese, or kanji, and 和, associated with Japan or Japanese. The dictionary sense is an abbreviation of 漢和辞典.