合

gě
#171 most
frequent character
100 ml, one-tenth of a peck

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

合 shows a mouth speaking downward and another mouth below, so it first meant 'to answer'. From answering came 'to meet', 'to close, shut', and 'to conform to'. Later it also meant 'to be fitting' and 'together'.

Drawn as: mouth speaking downward; mouth below

合 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
盒
sound17 characters
给答哈恰拾盒鸽洽颌蛤龛袷饸铪荅峇
picture2 characters
翕搿
empty1 character
拿

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Same Characters, Different Readings

合hé
close, shut, be equal to, add up to
合hé
close, shut, be equal to, add up to

Homophones

个gě
used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]

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