| Word form | heiwa |
| Original script | 平和 |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Original meaning “gentle, soft, quiet”. First attested in the meaning of “absence of war” around 1868. |
| Analyzability | analyzable compound |
| Gloss | hei-wa flat-harmonious |
| Age | Middle Japanese [21] (1185–1603) |
| Lexical stratum | kango |
| Year | 1358 |
| Comparison with Mandarin | different variant (reverse); semantic change |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 51.5 |