Kanji 併: join, get together, unite, collective

Key takeaways

Kanji 併: join, get together, unite, collective. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

併

Meaning

joinget togetherunitecollective

On reading

へい

Kun reading

あわ.せる

Radical

人

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 併

join, get together, unite, collective

Kanji structure breakdown

併

Structure breakdown

亻 + 并

Mnemonic story

This kanji depicts a person (亻) combining (并) things together. Remember its meaning through words like merger (合倂), where companies join, or parallel (倂行), where two tasks are performed at the same time.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

Example sentences

Example 1

会社が合併して規模が大きくなった。

Translation

The company merged and became larger in scale.

Example 2

村と町が合併して新しい市になった。