合

See also 閤, and 슴

Translingual

Stroke order

Phonosemantic interpretation

Old Chinese Initial /*k-/ lends semantic value Frame. Final consonant /*-p/ lends semantic value Press. Abbreviated form of phono-semantic indicator 今 (contain) + semantic indicator 口 hole → contain objects tightly by pressing a cover on them. Present-day meanings are via association and extension. Source: Howell & Morimoto

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 亼 + 口 (“mouth”)

Han character

合 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一口 (OMR), four-corner 8060₁)

1. combine, unite, join
2. gather
3. small side door, chamber (as simplified 閤)

Derived characters

• 哈, 給, 閤, 恰, 洽, 祫, 荅, 䢔, 跲, 詥, 弇, 鞈, 㪉, 翕, 鴿, 㭘, 郃, 頜, 䶀, 佮, 袷, 欱, 匌, 龕, 拾, 姶

References

• KangXi: page 174, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3287
• Dae Jaweon: page 387, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 581, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5408

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Cantonese

Hanzi

合 (Yale hap6)

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Japanese

Kanji

合 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ごう (gō), かっ (katsu), がっ (gatsu)
• Kun: あう (au), あわせる (awaseru)

Compounds

• 合憎 (あいにく, ainiku, “unfortunately”)
• 連合 (れんごう, rengō, “union, alliance, combination”)
• 総合 (そうごう, sōgō, “synthesis, consolidation”)

Counter

合 (hiragana ごう, romaji gō)

1. covered containers
2. battles

Noun

合 (hiragana ごう, romaji gō)

1. 0.18039 liters, equaling ten shakus or a tenth of a shō
2. a tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain

See also

• 勺 (しゃく, shaku)
• 升 (しょう, shō)

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Korean

Hanja

合 (hangeul 합, 갑, revised hap, gap, McCune-Reischauer hap, kap)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

合 (pinyin hé (he2), Wade-Giles ho²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

合 (hiệp, hợp, cáp, cóp, góp, gộp, họp, hạp)