Mnemonic
A person lowers one flat lid onto a mouth-shaped jar — *click* — a perfect fit! Nothing can escape now. The seal is so airtight you'd need a crowbar to pry it open.
Additional thoughts
Visualize the kanji top-down: the person (人) on top, the horizontal lid (一) in the middle, and the open jar mouth (口) below. It literally looks like a lid fitting snugly onto a container.Quick recall
A person seals one lid onto a mouth-jar — perfect fit!Details
The keyword for 合 is fit. This kanji conveys the idea of things coming together, matching, or being in agreement with one another. It encompasses the sense of joining, combining, or uniting in a way that is harmonious and suitable. By extension, it also carries meanings of meeting, mutual accord, and compatibility between two or more elements.
- On'yomi
- ごう、がっ、かっ
- Kun'yomi
- あ.う、-あ.う、あ.い、あい-、-あ.い、-あい、あ.わす、あ.わせる、-あ.わせる