合
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
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 character breakdown
Characters with 合 as component
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc
(interj.) ha! / (onom. for laughter) / (slang) to be infatuated with / to adore / abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1 shi4 qi2], husky (dog)
to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
Words with 合
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun
lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. things are constantly changing
practical / corresponding to reality / geared to practical situations