漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
併: join, get together
Also: unite, collective
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 亻person(meaning)
- 并(sound)
亻 carries the meaning · 并 gives the sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ヘイhei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 合併がっぺいmerger (of companies, towns, etc.)
- 併用へいようcombined use; using together (with)
- 併殺へいさつdouble play
- 併合へいごうmerger; joining into one; amalgamation
- 併設へいせつjoint establishment (esp. schools of…
- 合併症がっぺいしょうcomplication
Also read あわせる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 并 · traditional 倂 · bìng
Three different forms: Japanese 併, simplified 并, traditional 倂.
- Simplified
- 并 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 倂 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bìng most common reading
False friend. Chinese also has a character 併 (bìng), but it is a different word. The Chinese for this kanji is 并 (simplified) or 倂 (traditional).
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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