併 means “combine, merge”

へい · hei

Also: join, get together, unite, collective

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あわせる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヘイ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 8 strokes

The story

A person (亻) beside 并, side by side: picture two people stepping through one doorway together. 併 is joining: 合併 is a merger of companies or towns, 併用 using two things together, and 併せる to put them together.

Used in 合併 (gappei, merger), 併用 (heiyou, combined use), and 併せる (awaseru, to combine)

More from Apart & Together

• 兼 double as
• 孤 solitary
• 唯 only
• 遇 meet
• 隔 separate
• 随 follow along
• 添 add
• 疎 sparse
• 媒 medium
• 寡 few
• 附 attach
• 独 alone

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.