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U+5408, 合
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5408

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

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 
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Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou 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
           

Ideogrammic compound (會意): + (mouth) : Two mouths speaking together.

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit


Note:
  • ha̍p - used only to mean 'join', 'to combine', 'to unite' and literary readings;
  • ha̍h/a̍h - vernacular.
Note:
  • hab8 - alternative pronunciation for "to close";
  • gab4 - "to combine" (e.g. 合藥);
  • gah4 - "to fit", etc..
  • Wu
  • Note:
    • hheq (T5) - regular pronunciation for "together", etc;
    • keq (T4) - alternative pronunciation in certain words like 合算.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (33)
    Final () (160)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter hop
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    hap6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    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
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 4970
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ɡuːb/

    DefinitionsEdit

    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 be equivalent to, to add up
      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. Alternative form of (, “box”).
    11. (games, battle) round
    12. (astronomy) conjunction
    13. (Chinese phonetics) Short for 合口 (hékǒu, “closed-mouthed”).
    14. Classifier for the number of fights.
    15. to compound; to make up (medicine, etc.)
    16. a surname

    CompoundsEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

    PronunciationEdit


    Note: literary reading.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (160)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter kop
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gap3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    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
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 4955
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kuːb/

    DefinitionsEdit

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

    Etymology 3Edit

    PronunciationEdit


    DefinitionsEdit

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

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived termsEdit

    • (ho4) (Cantonese)

    Etymology 4Edit

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

    Etymology 5Edit

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

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

    ReadingsEdit

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

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

    From native Japanese roots:

    CompoundsEdit

    Etymology 1Edit

    Kanji in this term
    ごう
    Grade: 2
    on’yomi

    CounterEdit

    (ごう) (-gōがふ (gafu)?

    1. covered containers
    2. battles

    NounEdit

    (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 alsoEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

    Kanji in this term
    あ(い)
    Grade: 2
    kun’yomi
    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.)

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    (eumhun 합할 (haphal hap))

    1. Hanja form? of (to unite).

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    : Hán Việt readings: hợp[1][2][3][4][5], hiệp[3][4][5], hạp[6][3], cáp[3][4]
    : Nôm readings: hợp[1][2][6], họp[1][2][6], hiệp[1][2], hạp[6], cáp[1], cóp[6], gộp[6], sáp[1]

    1. chữ Hán form of hợp (to unite, suitable).
    2. chữ Hán form of hiệp (unite).
    3. chữ Hán form of hạp (to unite, suitable (rare spelling of hợp)).
    4. Nôm form of sáp (flexible material used to store cosmetics).

    ReferencesEdit