合 (hé): meaning and stroke order

合 (hé) means to close, to join, to fit, to be equal to, whole, together, round (in battle).

合

Simplified: 合
Traditional: 合, 閤
Pinyin: hé · gě

Stroke order of 合

合

gě 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck
hé to close; to join
hé variant of 合[he2]
6 strokes
Traditional form: 閤

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 合

hé
- to close
- to join
- to fit
- to be equal to
- whole
- together
- round (in battle)
- conjunction (astronomy)
- 1st note of pentatonic scale
- old variant of 盒[he2]
hé Traditional 閤
- variant of 合[he2]
gě
- 100 ml
- one-tenth of a peck
- measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

Radical and structure

合: Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 6 strokes · 𠆢 on top, 𠮛 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 合

合理 hé lǐ rational; reasonable; sensible; fair
合作 hé zuò to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
合同 hé tong contract; agreement; CL:份[fen4]
联合 lián hé to combine; to join
合影 hé yǐng group photo; to take a group photo
适合 shì hé to fit; to suit

合 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

王总更着急了：“看来是菜不合胃口，快，上个烤鸭！”

Wáng zǒng gèng zháojí le kànlai shì cài bù hé wèikǒu kuài shàng gè kǎoyā

Mr Wang grew even more anxious: "It seems the food isn't to his taste. Quick, bring a roast duck!"

From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6
盘古担心天和地会重新合在一起，就头顶着天，脚踩着地，用自己的身体把它们撑开。

Pángǔ dānxīn tiān hé dì huì chóngxīn hé zài yìqǐ jiù tóu dǐng zhe tiān jiǎo cǎi zhe dì yòng zìjǐ de shēntǐ bǎ tāmen chēng kāi

Afraid that heaven and earth would close up again, Pangu held up the sky with his head and pressed down the earth with his feet, keeping them apart with his own body.

From the story Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 合

The banquet that never ended HSK 6
Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).