■ radical

hé

to combine

How it’s built

Pictograph of two mouths facing each other.

iconic

mouth

iconic

mouth

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 合 as a component, most common first.

给gěito give 答dáanswer 拿náto bring 哈hāthe sound of laughter 恰qiàjust 仓cānggranary 拾shíto collect 盒hésmall box or case 鸽gēpigeon 颌hémouth 蛤háclam 龛kānniche 給gěito give 閤géchamber 荅dāto answer 鴿gēpigeon 頜hémouth 倉cānggranary 龕kānniche

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