# 合

| 合 | U+5408, &#21512; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5408 |
| ← 吇 [U+5407] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 吉 → [U+5409] |

## Translingual
### Han character

合 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一口 (OMR), four-corner 8060$_1$, composition ⿱亼口)

#### Derived characters

* 䢔, 䞩, 匼, 㕉, 㾑, 匌, 㓣, 郃, 㧱, 敆, 㪉, 欱, 翖, 䧻, 頜(颌), 鴿(鸽)
* 鿖, 弇, 拿, 畣, 㿯, 盒, 龛, 翕, 搻, 樖, 龕, 㝓, 峇, 荅, 䆟, 答, 䨐, 䶀, 閤(𬮤), 搿
* 佮, 冾, 哈, 垥, 姶, 峆, 帢, 㢵, 㣛, 恰, 拾, 洽, 㭘, 烚, 珨, 祫, 䏩, 䀫, 硆, 秴, 袷, 粭, 給(给), 耠, 䑪, 蛤, 鿘, 詥(𰵣), 跲, 鉿(铪), 鞈(𱂆), 韐, 餄(饸), 鿢, 鮯(𫚗), 䶎
* 𤝰, 𰇮, 𭠫, 𪯤, 𬌗, 𰃣, 𢂷, 𬎴, 𭿹, 𥩻, 𣨄, 𱓃, 𦐬, 𦕲, 𦧛, 𫱅, 𰏫, 𭷪, 𧮵, 𧳇, 𫎖, 𲆪, 𫫈, 𭊐, 𠎙, 𩐥, 𩩂, 𪞍, 𫯾, 𪑇, 𪘁(𲎨)
* 𫡥, 𣭝, 𧇎, 𩳋, 𢈈, 𢩅, 𪠁, 𢻆, 𣁴, 𭯘, 𤙖, 𬎪, 𤯤, 𰇴, 𠵵, 𭉁, 𮟺, 𠼞, 𱔋, 𠎈, 𫣹
* 𠈏, 𭃟, 𡋛, 𪦻, 𰂅, 𢙅, 𣌭, 𣑠, 𱦕, 𦚶, 𠉼, 𤥓, 𱰊, 𱰖, 𥅽, 𦚷, 𠍗, 𧊧, 𧙳, 𠔤, 𨈿, 𨠭, 𠎍, 𫕽, 𮰂, 𤛈, 𪼉, 𫣘, 𠎏, 𠏎, 𮪁, 𠏸, 𡢣, 𠐗, 𦏐, 𡄬, 𠑴
* 𣆗, 𱍛, 𦊭, 𦊴, 𦊪, 𮋁, 𤚻, 𠷡, 𦷌, 𩭆, 𣛋, 𠆖, 𠆋, 𠆗, 𧫈, 𬔂, 𫬳, 𮯚, 𡇞, 𠚔, 𫧻, 𤴇
* 𭉙, 𭒬, 𪮷, 𭱔, 𤀉, 𣛇, 𮇰, 𨎕, 𨏚, 𨰔, 𲅬, 𠟖, 𱻑, 𢨍, 𩔩, 𦏮, 𡪗

#### 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

## Chinese

* 合

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 合 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 / 会意): 亼 + 口 (“mouth”) : Two mouths speaking together. See also 會.

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hé (he$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hap$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hap$^5$ / gap$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): hot$^7$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p / kap / kak
    (Hailu, HRS): hab$^ˋ$ / gab / gag
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hab$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hah$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hăk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gah$^7$ / hah$^7$ / ah$^7$ / kor$^2$ / korh$^7$ / horh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p / ha̍h / a̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hah$^8$ / hab$^8$ / gah$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$gheq; $^7$keq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ho$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xo
*** Sinological IPA : /xo²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^6$
*** Yale: hahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hap$^5$ / gap$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hap̚³²/, /kap̚²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: hot$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɵt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p / kap / kak
*** Hakka Romanization System: hab / gab$^ˋ$ / gag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hab$^6$ / gab$^5$ / gag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵/, /kap̚²/, /kak̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hab$^ˋ$ / gab / gag
*** Sinological IPA: /hap²/, /kap⁵/, /kak⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hah$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xaʔ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hăk
*** Sinological IPA : /haʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gah$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /kaʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gah$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaʔ²⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hah$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /haʔ²⁴/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hah$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ha̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /haʔ⁴/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ah$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /aʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ah$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /aʔ²⁴/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kor$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɒ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: korh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɒʔ²⁴/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: korh$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ko̤̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɒʔ⁴/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horh$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ho̤̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: horh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p
*** Tâi-lô: ha̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hap
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /hap̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍h
*** Tâi-lô: ha̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hah
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /haʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /haʔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍h
*** Tâi-lô: a̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ah
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /aʔ¹²¹/
* ha̍p - literary (“to close; to join; to add up to; classifier for matching sets”);
* ha̍h/a̍h - vernacular (“to suit; to get along well”).
* Middle Chinese: hop
Rime :
| 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 |
| Baxter | hop |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɒp̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hap$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-kˤop/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːb/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 合 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hé |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hop › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-kˁop/ |
| English | 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 | 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
    組合／组合 ― zǔhé ― to assemble
    集合 ― jíhé ― to gather, to assemble
* 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.
       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 add up to; to be equivalent to; to amount to
       Yī gōngqǐng hé shíwǔ shìmǔ. [Pinyin]
       A hectare is equivalent to 15 mu.
* spouse
* whole; entire
* together
       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.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 盒 (hé, “box”)
* (games, battle) round
* (astronomy) conjunction
* (Hokkien) to get along well
* (Chinese phonetics) Short for 合口 (hékǒu, “closed-mouthed”).
* (Xiamen Hokkien) Classifier for matching sets of instruments such as teaware.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Classifier for number of fights.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to compound; to make up (medicine, etc.)
    From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE
    Yòu hé kuángyào, lìng rén fú zhī, fùzǐ xiōngdì bù xiàng zhīshí, wéi yǐ shāhài wéi shì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E
    Shéi gǎn hé dúyào yǔ nǐ? Zhèsī hǎo dàdǎn yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1740 CE, Pu Songling, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
    Wú jiā Gě Jīn niángzǐ, shǒu hé zhèntāng, qí sù yǐn! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 三合 (Sānhé)
* 三合垸 (Sānhéyuàn)
* 三合會 / 三合会 (sānhéhuì)
* 三合院 (sānhéyuàn)
* 不合 (bùhé)
* 久合垸 (Jiǔhéyuàn)
* 九合 (jiūhé)
* 交合 (jiāohé)
* 付合
* 偶合 (ǒuhé)
* 公合
* 六合
* 切合 (qièhé)
* 分合 (fēnhé)
* 勘合
* 化合 (huàhé)
* 匡合
* 匯合 / 汇合 (huìhé)
* 印合
* 只合
* 合上
* 合下
* 合伙 (héhuǒ)
* 合作 (hézuò)
* 合併 / 合并 (hébìng)
* 合傳 / 合传
* 合兒 / 合儿
* 合刃
* 合券
* 合刻
* 合劑 / 合剂 (héjì)
* 合力 (hélì)
* 合十 (héshí)
* 合口 (hékǒu)
* 合同
* 合唱 (héchàng)
* 合圍 / 合围
* 合夥 / 合伙 (héhuǒ)
* 合奏 (hézòu)
* 合婚
* 合子
* 合宅
* 合宜 (héyí)
* 合家 (héjiā)
* 合局
* 合巹
* 合并 (hébìng)
* 合度
* 合式
* 合弦
* 合影 (héyǐng)
* 合後 / 合后 (héhòu)
* 合從 / 合从 (hézòng)
* 合心 (héxīn)
* 合意 (héyì)
* 合成 (héchéng)
* 合戰 / 合战
* 合手 (héshǒu)
* 合折
* 合拍 (hépāi)
* 合抱 (hébào)
* 合掌 (hézhǎng)
* 合撲 / 合扑
* 合擊 / 合击 (héjī)
* 合攏 / 合拢 (hélǒng)
* 合數 / 合数 (héshù)
* 合族
* 合昏
* 合是
* 合時 / 合时 (héshí)
* 合時宜 / 合时宜 (héshíyí)
* 合朔
* 合本
* 合板 (hébǎn)
* 合格 (hégé)
* 合機 / 合机
* 合款
* 合歡 / 合欢 (héhuān)
* 合殺 / 合杀
* 合氣 / 合气
* 合沓
* 合法 (héfǎ)
* 合注
* 合流 (héliú)
* 合浦 (Hépǔ)
* 合溜
* 合準 / 合准
* 合演
* 合火 (héhuǒ)
* 合照 (hézhào)
* 合營 / 合营 (héyíng)
* 合獨 / 合独
* 合理 (hélǐ)
* 合球
* 合璧 (hébì)
* 合生
* 合用 (héyòng)
* 合當 / 合当 (hédāng)
* 合眼 (héyǎn)
* 合租 (hézū)
* 合窆
* 合符
* 合算 (hésuàn)
* 合約 / 合约 (héyuē)
* 合縱 / 合纵 (hézòng)
* 合纖 / 合纤 (héxiān)
* 合群 (héqún)
* 合聲 / 合声 (héshēng)
* 合肥 (Héféi)
* 合股 (hégǔ)
* 合苦
* 合著
* 合葬 (hézàng)
* 合葉 / 合叶 (héyè)
* 合計 / 合计
* 合該 / 合该 (hégāi)
* 合謀 / 合谋 (hémóu)
* 合變 / 合变
* 合谷
* 合資 / 合资 (hézī)
* 合身 (héshēn)
* 合轍 / 合辙 (hézhé)
* 合辦 / 合办 (hébàn)
* 合造
* 合遝
* 合適 / 合适 (héshì)
* 合醵
* 合金 (héjīn)
* 合鏡 / 合镜
* 合面
* 合音 (héyīn)
* 合頭 / 合头 (hétóu)
* 合體 / 合体 (hétǐ)
* 合髻
* 合龍 / 合龙 (hélóng)
* 吻合 (wěnhé)
* 吾合沙魯 / 吾合沙鲁 (Wúhéshālǔ)
* 和合 (héhé)
* 咬合 (yǎohé)
* 四合
* 回合 (huíhé)
* 固拉合瑪 / 固拉合玛 (Gùlāhémǎ)
* 場合 / 场合 (chǎnghé)
* 夜合
* 契合 (qìhé)
* 好合 (hǎohé)
* 媾合 (gòuhé)
* 密合 (mìhé)
* 寡合
* 對合 / 对合 (duìhé)
* 巧合 (qiǎohé)
* 布合
* 志同道合 (zhìtóngdàohé)
* 愈合 (yùhé)
* 成合
* 打合
* 折合 (zhéhé)
* 投合 (tóuhé)
* 拌合
* 拼合 (pīnhé)
* 捏合 (niēhé)
* 捻合
* 接合 (jiēhé)
* 揉合
* 摻合 / 掺合
* 撮合 (cuōhé)
* 攙合 / 搀合
* 整合 (zhěnghé)
* 暌合
* 暗合 (ànhé)
* 會合 / 会合 (huìhé)
* 比合
* 沓合
* 混合
* 湊合 / 凑合
* 溶合
* 烏合 / 乌合 (wūhé)
* 熱合 / 热合
* 牉合
* 牽合 / 牵合
* 理合 (lǐhé)
* 瓦合
* 當合 / 当合
* 癒合 / 愈合 (yùhé)
* 百合 (bǎihé)
* 相合 (xiānghé)
* 砌合
* 符合
* 簇合
* 糅合 (róuhé)
* 糾合 / 纠合 (jiūhé)
* 索合
* 納合 / 纳合
* 組合 / 组合 (zǔhé)
* 統合 / 统合 (tǒnghé)
* 結合 / 结合 (jiéhé)
* 綜合 / 综合 (zōnghé)
* 綴合 / 缀合 (zhuìhé)
* 縫合 / 缝合 (fénghé)
* 縮合 / 缩合 (suōhé)
* 總合 / 总合 (zǒnghé)
* 耦合 (ǒuhé)
* 聚合 (jùhé)
* 聯合 / 联合 (liánhé)
* 苟合 (gǒuhé)
* 融合 (rónghé)
* 蟻合 / 蚁合
* 袂合 (bē ha̍h) (Min Nan)
* 複合 / 复合 (fùhé)
* 西合休 (Xīhéxiū)
* 訢合 / 䜣合
* 說合 / 说合 (shuōhé)
* 調合 / 调合 (tiáohé)
* 跑合
* 迎合 (yínghé)
* 迴合 / 回合 (huíhé)
* 連合 / 连合 (liánhé)
* 遇合
* 適合 / 适合 (shìhé)
* 配合
* 重合 (chónghé)
* 野合
* 鈿合 / 钿合 (diànhé)
* 關合 / 关合
* 阿合雅 (Āhéyǎ)
* 集合 (jíhé)
* 離合 / 离合 (líhé)
* 鬥合 / 斗合
* 鳩合 / 鸠合 (jiūhé)
* 黏合 (niánhé)
* 齧合 / 啮合 (nièhé)

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: hợp (合)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gě (ge$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gap$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khap
    (Hailu, HRS): kab
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kap
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hah$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gě
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gě
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^3$
*** Yale: gě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gee
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gap$^3$
*** Yale: gap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geb$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐp̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khap
*** Hakka Romanization System: kab$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kab$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰap̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: kab
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰap⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kap
*** Tâi-lô: kap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kab
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kap̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kap̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hah$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ha̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /haʔ⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kop
Rime :
| 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 |
| Baxter | kop |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kɒp̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤop/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kuːb/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 合 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gě |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kop › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁop/ |
| English | together; put together; combined |
| 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 | 合 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 4955 |
| Phonetic component | 合 |
| Rime group | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 閤 |
| Old Chinese | /*kuːb/ |

#### Definitions

合
* unit of volume, equal to one tenth of a 升 (shēng)
** (Han dynasty) equal to 2 龠 (yuè)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hé (he$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hōⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ho$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^4$
*** Yale: hòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hōnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hvo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ̃²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ho$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô
*** Sinological IPA : /ho⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

合
* (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣).
* (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low sol (5̣).

#### Compounds

* 合尺

#### Derived terms

* 佮 (ho4) (Cantonese)
* 𪛗 (hé)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kap / kah
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gah$^4$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kap / kah
*** Tâi-lô: kap / kah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kab, kaq
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kap̚³²/, /kaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kap̚⁵/, /kaʔ⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kap̚³²/, /kaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kap̚³²/, /kaʔ³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kap̚³²/, /kaʔ³²/
* kap - literary;
* kah - vernacular.

#### Definitions

合
* (Hokkien, Teochew) Alternative form of 佮 (“and; with”)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kap
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gab$^4$
* Southern Min
** (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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gab$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kap
*** Sinological IPA : /kap̚²/

#### Definitions

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

##### Compounds

* 合冊 / 合册
* 合合磨
* 合喙
* 合帳 / 合帐
* 合房
* 合澉仔
* 合磨
* 合萬 / 合万
* 合萬櫃 / 合万柜
* 合簀仔 / 合箦仔
* 合線 / 合线
* 合縫 / 合缝
* 合藥 / 合药
* 合跤合手
* 合逝
* 合錢 / 合钱
* 合食

### Etymology 5

* For pronunciation and definitions of 合 – see 閤 (“to close, to shut; all of, whole of”). (This character is the simplified form of 閤).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 6

* For pronunciation and definitions of 合 – see 盒 (“box; case; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 盒).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* “合”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
* fit
* suit
* join
* one tenth

#### Readings

From Middle Chinese 合 (MC hop); compare Mandarin 合 (hé, gě):
* Go-on: ごう (gō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kan’yō-on: かっ (ka', Jōyō $^†$)、がっ (ga', Jōyō)、ごう (gō, Jōyō)
From Middle Chinese 合 (MC kop); compare Mandarin 合 (gě):
* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
From native Japanese roots:
* Kun: あう (au, 合う, Jōyō)、あわす (awasu, 合わす, Jōyō)、あわせる (awaseru, 合わせる, Jōyō)、あい (ai, 合い)、あつまる (atsumaru, 合まる)、あつめる (atsumeru, 合める)、あわい (awai, 合)、あわさる (awasaru, 合わさる)、あわせ (awase, 合せ)
* Nanori: あい (ai)、あう (au)、かい (kai)、はる (haru)、よし (yoshi)

#### Compounds

* 合(あい)憎(にく) (ainiku, “unfortunately”)
* 連(れん)合(ごう) (rengō, “union, alliance, combination”)
* 総(そう)合(ごう) (sōgō, “synthesis, consolidation”)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 合
* ごう Grade: 2
* on'yomi

#### Counter

合(ごう) • (-gō)
* covered containers
* battles

#### Noun

合(ごう) • (gō)
* 0.18039 liters, equaling ten shaku or a tenth of a shō
* a tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain

##### See also

* 升(ます) (masu)
* 勺(しゃく) (shaku)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 合
* あ(い) Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 合 – 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, 合, 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

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ha̠p̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [합]

### Hanja

Wikisource 合 (eumhun 합할 합 (haphal hap))
* hanja form of 합 (“to unite”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

合: Hán Việt readings: hợp, hiệp, hạp, cáp
合: Nôm readings: hợp, họp, hiệp, hạp, cáp, cóp, gộp, sáp
* chữ Hán form of hợp (“to unite, suitable”).
* chữ Hán form of hiệp (“unite”).
* chữ Hán form of hạp (“to unite, suitable (rare spelling of hợp)”).
* chữ Nôm form of sáp (“flexible material used to store cosmetics”).

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 4 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 3 4 Trần (1999).
* 1 2 3 Nguyễn (1974).
* 1 2 Thiều Chửu (1942).
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Trần (2004).