“和谐”两字中,‘和’的古代字形是左面一个‘龠’(读月)字,右边是一个‘禾’字。龠是一种乐器,吹出来很和谐动听,有如今天的‘埙’(xūn)或是笙一样,是组合的共鸣之声。而‘禾’在古代特指粟(谷子),是谷类植物的总称。‘禾’字加在右边就成了一种量器,就是量谷子的一种容量单位,‘两龠’为一‘合’(读鬲gě),10合为1升;10升为一斗,10 In the word harmony, the ancient glyph of ’and’ is a ’龠’ (read month) on the left and a word of ’禾’ on the right.龠 is a musical instrument that blows very harmoniously and vividly. Like today’s “xūn” or “Sheng” is a combination of resonance. The ’Wo’ in the ancient special millet (millet), is a general term for cereals. ’Wo’ plus the word on the right has become a kind of measuring device is a unit of volume Valley, ’two 龠’ is a ’fit’ 10