合

See also: 閤 and 슴

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 亼 + 口 (“mouth”) : Two mouths speaking together.

Han character

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

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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Chinese

simpl.		合
trad.		合/閤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hé (he²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ha̍p/kap
• Min Nan (POJ): ha̍h / ha̍p / kap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ho²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶
    • Yale: hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p/kap
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /hap̚⁵/, /kap̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍h / ha̍p / kap
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍h / ha̍p / kap
    • IPA (Taipei): /haʔ⁴/, /hap̚⁴/, /kap̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʔ¹²¹/, /hap̚¹²¹/, /kap̚³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (合, reconstructed)
Character (合), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 合 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 侯閤切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦʌp̚/	/ɣăp̚/	/ɣᴀp̚/	/ɦəp̚/	/ɦəp̚/	/ɣɒp̚/	/ɣɒp̚/
Character (合), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 合 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 古沓切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʌp̚/	/kăp̚/	/kᴀp̚/	/kəp̚/	/kəp̚/	/kɒp̚/	/kɒp̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (合, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
合								gě								‹ kop ›								/*kˤop/								together; put together; combined
合								hé								‹ hop ›								/*m-kˤop/								come together; bring together
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
合					4955					合					緝					3					閤					/*kuːb/
合					4970					合					緝					3					合					/*ɡuːb/

Verb

合

1. to close; to shut
   • 合上 close
2. to join; to combine; to bring together
   • 组合／組合 (zǔhé) to assemble
   • 集合 (jíhé) to gather, to assemble
3. to suit; to fit
   • 适合／適合 (shìhé) to fit, to suit
   • 合适／合適 (héshì) suitable, fitting

   • 魚和紅酒不合。 [MSC, trad.]

     鱼和红酒不合。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yú hé hóngjiǔ bùhé. [Pinyin]

     Fish and red wine don't go well together.

   • 那个店里没有合我尺寸的帽子。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Nà gè diàn lǐ mò yǒu hé wǒ chǐcùn de màozǐ. [Pinyin]

     There are no hats in that store that fit me.

4. to be equal to, to add up

   • 一公顷合十五市亩。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Yī gōngqǐng hé shíwǔ shìmǔ. [Pinyin]

     A hectare is equal to 15 mu.

Adjective

合

1. whole; together

   • 这张卡片是我们全家合送的。祝您母亲节快乐。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Zhè zhāng kǎpiàn shì wǒmen quánjiā hé sòng de. Zhù nín mǔqīnjié kuàilè. [Pinyin]

     This card comes from the whole family. Happy Mother's Day.

Noun

合

1. the first scale degree in Gongche musical notation (工尺譜／工尺谱)
2. (battle) round
3. (astronomy) conjonction

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gě (ge³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gě
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ko³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gap³
    • Yale: gap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gap⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐp̚³/

Noun

合

1. unit of measure for dry grain; one tenth of a 升; one decilitre

References

• "合" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-17.

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Japanese

Kanji

合

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. fit
2. suit
3. join
4. 0.1

Readings

• Goon: ごう (gō), がっ (gaQ)
• Kan’on: こう (kō), かっ (kaQ)
• Kun: あう (au), あい (合 い, ai), 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 (hap, gap) (hangeul 합, 갑, revised hap, gap, McCune-Reischauer hap, kap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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