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合
合
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See also: 閤
Translingual
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Han character
合 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一口 (OMR), four-corner 80601, composition ⿱亼口)
Derived characters
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
Chinese
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 合
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (合) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 亼 + 口 (“mouth”) : Two mouths speaking together.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
- Wade-Giles: ho2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
- IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hap6
- Yale: hahp
- Cantonese Pinyin: hap9
- IPA (key): /hɐp̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p / kap / kak
- Hakka Romanization System: hab / gab` / gag`
- Hagfa Pinyim: hab6 / gab5 / gag5
- IPA: /hap̚⁵/, /kap̚²/, /kak̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍h / ha̍p
- Tâi-lô: ha̍h / ha̍p
- Phofsit Daibuun: hah, hap
- IPA (Xiamen): /haʔ⁴/, /hap̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /haʔ²⁴/, /hap̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʔ¹²¹/, /hap̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /haʔ⁴/, /hap̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /haʔ⁴/, /hap̚⁴/
- Note: ha̍h - vernacular; ha̍p - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hah8 / hab8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ha̍h / ha̍p
- IPA (key): /haʔ⁴/, /hap̚⁴/
- Note: hah8 - vernacular; hab8 - literary.
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 合 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 合 (160) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 侯閤切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦəp̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣɒp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hé |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 合 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
hé |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hop › |
| Old Chinese |
/*m-kˤop/ |
| English | come together; bring together |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 合 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 4970 |
| Phonetic component |
合 |
| Rime group |
緝 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
合 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡuːb/ |
Definitions
合
- to close; to shut
- 合上 ― héshàng ― close
- to join; to combine; to unite; to bring together
- to suit; to fit
- 適合 / 适合 ― shìhé ― to fit, to suit
- 合適 / 合适 ― héshì ― suitable, fitting
- 魚和紅酒不合。 / 鱼和红酒不合。 ― Yú hé hóngjiǔ bùhé. ― Fish and red wine don't go well together.
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- 那個店裡沒有合我尺寸的帽子。 [MSC, trad.]
- 那个店里没有合我尺寸的帽子。 [MSC, simp.]
- Nà ge diàn lǐ méiyǒu hé wǒ chǐcùn de màozǐ. [Pinyin]
- There are no hats in that store that fit me.
- to have sexual intercourse
- to fight, to have a confrontation with
- to be equivalent to, to add up
- spouse
- whole; entire
- together
- †Alternative form of 盒 (hé, “box”).
- (games, battle) round
- (astronomy) conjunction
- †Classifier for the number of fights.
- A surname.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇ
- Wade-Giles: ko3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee
- IPA (key): /kɤ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gap3
- Yale: gap
- Cantonese Pinyin: gap8
- IPA (key): /kɐp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khap
- Hakka Romanization System: kab`
- Hagfa Pinyim: kab5
- IPA: /kʰap̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kap
- Tâi-lô: kap
- Phofsit Daibuun: kab
- IPA (Xiamen): /kap̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kap̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kap̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kap̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kap̚³²/
- Note: literary reading.
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 合 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 合 (160) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古沓切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kəp̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/kᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/kɒp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ge |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 合 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
gě |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kop › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kˤop/ |
| English | together; put together; combined |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 合 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 4955 |
| Phonetic component |
合 |
| Rime group |
緝 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
閤 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kuːb/ |
Definitions
合
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
- Wade-Giles: ho2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
- IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ho4
- Yale: hòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ho4
- IPA (key): /hɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ho5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô
- IPA (key): /ho⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Definitions
合
- (music) Gongche notation of low sol (5̣).
Etymology 4
| For pronunciation and definitions of 合 – see 閤. (This character, 合, is the simplified form of 閤.) |
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Compounds
Derived terms from 合
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Japanese
Kanji
合
Readings
- Goon: ごう (gō)
- Kan’on: こう (kō)
- Kan’yōon: がっ (gaQ), かっ (kaQ)
- Kun: あう (au), あい (合 い, ai), あわせる (awaseru)
- Nanori: あい (ai), あう (au), かい (kai), はる (haru), よし (yoshi)
Compounds
- 合憎 (ainiku, “unfortunately”)
- 連合 (rengō, “union, alliance, combination”)
- 総合 (sōgō, “synthesis, consolidation”)
Counter
合 (hiragana ごう, romaji -gō)
- covered containers
- battles
Noun
- 0.18039 liters, equaling ten shakus or a tenth of a shō
- a tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain