谐

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(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 meaning “speech” + 皆 sound ( jiē )

Components 讠皆

in accord · Heisig RSH #1710

words + 皆 all

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
元音和谐	yuán yīn hé xié	vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)
总谐波失真	zǒng xié bō shī zhēn	(acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD)
和谐性	hé xié xìng	compatibility; mutual harmony
基谐波	jī xié bō	fundamental frequency; base harmonic
和谐号	Hé xié Hào	CRH-series high-speed trains operated by China Railway
简谐运动	jiǎn xié yùn dòng	simple harmonic motion (in mechanics); motion of a simple pendulum
射频调谐器	shè pín tiáo xié qì	RF tuner
谐音列	xié yīn liè	harmonic series
奥丁谐振器	Ào dīng xié zhèn qì	Oudin coil; Oudin resonator
谐音	xié yīn	homonym; homophone; harmonic (component of sound)
谐美	xié měi	harmonious and graceful
简谐波	jiǎn xié bō	simple harmonic wave; sine wave
谐星	xié xīng	popular comedian; comic star
和谐	hé xié	harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
谐和	xié hé	concordant; harmonious
谐声	xié shēng	combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic charac…
简谐振动	jiǎn xié zhèn dòng	simple harmonic oscillation; sinusoidal oscillation
谐波	xié bō	harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental)
调谐	tiáo xié	harmonious; to adjust; to tune (e.g. wireless receiver); to bring into harmony
谐振子	xié zhèn zǐ	harmonic oscillator (physics)

Characters sharing the sound component 皆 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
皆 sound part	jiē	all, every, everybody
偕	xié	together, accompanied by; in order
揩	kāi	to wipe, to rub, to dust, to clean
喈	jiē	melody, music; harmonious
锴	kǎi	high-quality iron