合

gě = g + e3

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

hé = h + e2

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]

合 = 亼 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a tube of glue.

In the elevator's kitchen (e2), Hamlet (h) is preparing holiday decorations. He wants to be lazy and cover Halloween as well as Christmas at the same time, so he carved out a mandarin (口) and glued a pointed cap (亼) to its top using a tube of glue (合).

合

閤

hé = h + e2

variant of 合[he2]

合 character breakdown

合
- 亼
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 口

亼

jí = ji + Ø2

variant of 集[ji2]

亼 = 一 + 人 : This one looks like a pointed cap.

Joan of Arc (ji) is going to have her first day of school the next day. During the night she sneaked into the space station's kitchen (Ø2) and found a pointed cap (亼) filled with sweets, which she starts eating immediately.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 合 as component

拾

shí = sh + Ø2

to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

拾 = 合 + 扌 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to pick up (拾) a tube of glue (合) in the space station's entrance (Ø2), but last time he put it there he forgot to close the lid properly and now it is glued to the floor. He even cannot pick it up using a toy claw (扌).

拾

shè = sh + e4

to ascend in light steps

洽

qià = qi + a4

accord / to make contact / to agree / to consult with / extensive

洽 = 合 + 氵 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) accidentally glued a bottle of water (氵) to her head with a tube of super glue (合), and so she consults with (洽) an expert in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

恰

qià = qi + a4

exactly / just

恰 = 合 + 忄 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) hits a tube of glue (合) with a flail (忄) in the ashram's bathroom (a4). By coincidence (恰), one of the droplets flies just (恰) on the spot between her eyes.

给

給

jǐ = ji + Ø3

to supply / to provide

给

給

gěi = g + ei3

to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier)

给 = 合 + 纟 : Inside of the Eiffel Tower, a little silk worm is exceptional desperate, because she is unable to produce a silken thread. Fortunately Guy Fawkes has a solution: He gives her a tube of glue as a present, which he decorated with a little ribbon. With the glue, the silk worm is able to produce long sticky threads again.

鸽

鴿

ge̅ = g + e1

pigeon / dove

鸽 = 合 + 鸟 : Guy Fawkes (g) is experimenting with creating new messengers for his secret underground network in front of the elevator (e1) by gluing (合) a dove (鸽) to a turkey (鸟). The idea behind the experiment is that they can fly in turns.

鸽

鴿

ge̅ = g + e1

pigeon; dove

盒

hé = h + e2

small box / case

盒 = 合 + 皿 : Hamlet (h) is having a lunch break in the elevator's kitchen (e2) and pulls out his lunch box (盒). He's exited what will be inside this time. He prepares a shallow container (皿) and turns his lunch box upside down over it, but only a tube of glue (合) comes out and falls on his plate.

荅

dá = d + a2

variant of 答[da2]

荅 = 艹 + 合 : Don Quixote (d) hears someone speaking on the answering machine (荅) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). He would like to answer it himself, but he accidentally glued (合) sheets of artificial lawn (艹) to his hands earlier.

荅

da̅ = d + a1

variant of 答[da1]

蛤

há = h + a2

frog / toad

蛤

gé = g + e2

clam