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U+5408, 合
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5408

[U+5407]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5409]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 174, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3287
  • Dae Jaweon: page 387, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 581, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5408
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): + (mouth) : Two mouths speaking together. See also .

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gap ~ kap. Compare (OC *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb, “to cover”) and (OC *ɡaːb, “to unite”) (STEDT). Outside of Sinitic, possibly cognate with Burmese ကပ် (kap, to approach).

Pronunciation


Note: gap4 - in 三合 (“Sanhe, Taishan”).
Note:
  • ha̍p - literary (“to close; to join; to add up to; classifier for matching sets”);
  • ha̍h/a̍h - vernacular (“to suit; to get along well”).
    Note:
    • hab8 - alternative pronunciation for "to close";
    • gah4 - "to fit", etc..

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Definitions

  1. to close; to shut
       shàng   close
  2. to join; to combine; to unite; to bring together
          to assemble
          to gather, to assemble
  3. to suit; to fit
       shì   to fit, to suit
       shì   suitable, fitting
    紅酒红酒   Yú hé hóngjiǔ bù.   Fish and red wine don't go well together.
    沒有尺寸帽子 [MSC, trad.]
    没有尺寸帽子 [MSC, simp.]
    Nà ge diàn lǐ méiyǒu wǒ chǐcùn de màozǐ. [Pinyin]
    There are no hats in that store that fit me.
  4. to have sexual intercourse
  5. to fight, to have a confrontation with
  6. to add up to; to be equivalent to; to amount to
    公頃十五市畝 [MSC, trad.]
    公顷十五市亩 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī gōngqǐng shíwǔ shìmǔ. [Pinyin]
    A hectare is equivalent to 15 mu.
  7. spouse
  8. whole; entire
  9. together
    卡片我們全家母親節快樂 [MSC, trad.]
    卡片我们全家母亲节快乐 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè zhāng kǎpiàn shì wǒmen quánjiā sòng de. Zhù nín mǔqīnjié kuàilè. [Pinyin]
    This card comes from the whole family. Happy Mother's Day.
  10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (, box)
  11. (games, battle) round
  12. (astronomy) conjunction
  13. (Hokkien) to get along well
  14. (Chinese phonetics) short for 合口 (hékǒu, “closed-mouthed”)
  15. (Xiamen Hokkien) Classifier for matching sets of instruments such as teaware.
  16. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Classifier for number of fights.
  17. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to compound; to make up (medicine, etc.)
  18. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Vietnamese: hợp ()

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation


Note: literary reading.

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Definitions

  1. unit of volume, equal to one tenth of a (shēng)
    1. (Han dynasty) equal to 2 (yuè)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣).
  2. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣).

Compounds

  • 合尺

Derived terms

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation


Note:
  • kap - literary;
  • kah - vernacular.

Definitions

  1. (Hokkien, Teochew) alternative form of (and; with)

Etymology 5

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Pronunciation


Note: gab4 - "to combine" (e.g. 合藥).

Definitions

  1. (Hokkien, Teochew) to wrap a book (with paper, etc.)
  2. (Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) to have a traditional Chinese medicine prescription filled (of the patient)
  3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to embrace in one's bosom
  4. (Mainland China Hokkien, figurative) to watch over; to look after; to take care of (a child, etc.)
  5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to match; to go with
  6. (Teochew) to concoct (to make medicine, etc.)
  7. (Teochew) to form a partnership
  8. (Teochew) to bind (into a book)
Compounds

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to close, to shut; all of, whole of”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“box; case; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. fit
  2. suit
  3. join
  4. one tenth

Readings

From Middle Chinese (MC hop); compare Mandarin (hé, gě):

From Middle Chinese (MC kop); compare Mandarin ():

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Counter

(ごう) (-gō) がふ (-gafu)?

  1. covered containers
  2. battles

Noun

(ごう) () がふ (gafu)?

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

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
あい
[suffix] mutual, together, each other, meeting
[noun] short for 合い服 (あいふく, aifuku, clothing worn in spring or autumn)
Alternative spelling
合い
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(eumhun 합할 (haphal hap))

  1. hanja form? of (to unite)

Vietnamese

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