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)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kæw | [k]ˤriw | glue |
| kæwX | [k]ˤriwʔ | glue | |
| Zhengzhang | krɯːw | ||
| krɯːws | |||
| kʰrɯːw | |||
| Unicode | gau |
說文解字
昵也。作之以皮。从肉翏聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)