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汇合 (huì hé) — to converge, to come together; join, merge

Definition

Means 'to converge, flow together' — physical meeting of streams, roads, or groups, with no blending of substance. Unlike 融合, the things that 汇合 stay separate; 合并 is for formal merger of organizations.

verb
to convergeto come togetherjoinmerge

Examples

  • 汇合。
    Liǎng tiáo hé zài zhè lǐ huì hé.
    Two rivers converge here.
  • 汇合。
    Rén qún cóng bù tóng fāng xiàng huì hé dào guǎng chǎng.
    The crowd converged on the square from different directions.
  • 汇合。
    Sān gè xiǎo zǔ huì hé chéng yí gè tuán duì.
    The three groups merged into one team.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

汇huìflow together
合héjoin

汇 suggests flowing together and 合 suggests joining, giving the sense of streams or groups coming together.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 匯; 汇 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 汇 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (汇, 汇款) it is 匯; in others (词汇, 汇报) it is 彙.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
匚匚fāng
Sound part声符shēngfú
淮
淮huái匯huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 匯 is built from 匚 as a meaning part and 淮 as a sound part.

Open 汇 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

Open 合 →
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