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A way to remember it
Grain, 禾, for the sound, beside a mouth. Whatever the original picture, the character settled into harmony, and then into the ordinary word for and.
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and; with
hé — and; with
Radical 口 · 8 strokes · HSK 1
A way to remember itGrain, 禾, for the sound, beside a mouth. Whatever the original picture, the character settled into harmony, and then into the ordinary word for and.