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Kanji Detail for 合 - "to combine, to match"

合

  • Meaning

    合 means "to combine, to match." Also associated with to gather.

    1. Combine - To join together; to unite.

    2. Fit - To match; to suit; to agree.

    3. Meet - To encounter; to come together.

    4. Total - The sum; altogether.

  • Words using 合

    • 合意 ごうい Listen (coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding
    • 問い合わせ といあわせ Listen inquiry; query; enquiry
    • 会合 かいごう Listen meeting; assembly; gathering
    • 組合 くみあい Listen association; union; guild
    • 統合 とうごう Listen integration; unification; unity
    • 合併 がっぺい Listen merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union
    • 合同 ごうどう Listen combination; union; joining
    • 合計 ごうけい Listen sum total; total amount

  • Four-character idioms with 合

    • 合従連衡 がっしょうれんこう Listen alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
    • 意気投合 いきとうごう Listen hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy
    • 一切合切 いっさいがっさい Listen any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel
    • 合縁奇縁 あいえんきえん Listen a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
    • 情意投合 じょういとうごう Listen (coincidence of) mutual sentiment; sharing the same sentiment with someone; finding oneself on the same wavelength as someone
    • 知行合一 ちこうごういつ Listen awareness comes only through practice

  • Origin of 合

    Accounts differ: a lid closing onto its vessel, or two mouths meeting in agreement. Either way the sense is fitting together — 合う is to match, 合体 to unite, 試合 a match.

    How to remember it: Two things brought together until they sit flush — to join.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 合

    • Verified meaning: to combine, to match
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あいさき, あいじ, たかごう)
    • Also carries these associations: to gather

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 合

    Surnames 合(あいさき)Listen 合(あいじ)Listen 合(たかごう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fit; suit; join; 0.1

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    combine, unite, join; gather

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to combine, to join, to unite; to gather

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Harmonious and united. Such as 同心合力 (work together), 情投意合 (hit it off). | Combining different things into one. Such as multiple people investing together in one business is called 合資. Multiple people agreeing to work together on one thing is called 合謀. | To connect. Such as military encirclement is called 合圍. Completing river works is called 合龍, meaning different sections connecting together. | To correspond. All matters with evidence to prove they should be so are called 合. Such as 合法 (legal), 合式 (proper). Hence being correct is called 合. What one considers correct is also called 合. Such as 合行知, 照理合聲明. | To compare. Verifying documents of trust. Ancients used tallies, called 合符, or contracts, called 合券, like today comparing certificates with stubs. Contracts agreed upon by both parties are called 合同, same meaning. | Comparing two things, using this value to equal that is also called 合. Such as converting copper coins to silver dollars, silver dollars to gold pounds. | A comprehensive term. Such as 合鄉, 合邑 (the entire village, the entire county). | 六合: Refers to above, below, and the four directions. | A measure name. Ten 合 equals one 升. Ten 升 equals one 斗.

  • Onyomi

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    ga(ガ) ガ

    goh(ゴウ) ゴウ

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

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    a.u(あ-う) あ-う

    a.waseru(あ-わせる) あ-わせる

    ai(あい) あい

    awa.su(あ-わす) あ-わす

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to match to combine to gather couple spouse unite join fit assemble blend collaborate connect consolidate fuse harmonize integrate merge mix

Sentences including 合

  • We stood face to face.

  • Your answer is right.

  • The family love one another.

  • Her dress is not to my taste.

  • They stood face to face.

  • Make haste , and you will be in time.

  • Except for bill , they were all in time.

  • I watched the game from beginning to end.

  • He had his arm broken during the game.

  • Both of my parents love each other.

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