Depicts two mouths talking to each other.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kop | kˤop | together; put together; combined |
| hop | m-kˤop | come together; bring together |
說文解字
《說文》：“合，合口也。从亼，从口。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.438
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Simplified
Simplified form of 並. Depicts two people standing, one behind another.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pjieng | peŋ | combine two things |
| pjiengH | peŋ-s | combine two things |
說文解字
《說文》：“幷，相從也。从从，幵聲。一曰从持二為幷。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | breːŋʔ |
| breːŋs | |
| peŋʔ | |
| peŋs | |
| beːŋʔ |
說文解字
《說文》：“併，並也。从人，并聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)