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The Chinese word he - 合 - hé
(to close in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

hé

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English translations

to close, to combine, to suit, whole"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū).,
to shut, to fit, to agree with, entire"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū).

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 合 ( hé ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( he / hé ) with pronunciation (English translation: to close )
The traditional Chinese characters of hé are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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合 is composed of 6 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

to gather together  |  to surround
合 ( he / hé ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 246)
Chinese example words containing the character 合 ( he / hé )
阿拉伯联合酋长国 ( Ālābó liánhé qiúzhăngguó = United Arab Emirates ), 符合 ( fúhé = to conform ), 合唱 ( héchàng = chorus ), 合成材料 ( héchéng cáiliào = synthetic material ), 合成器 ( héchéngqì = synthesizer ), 合格 ( hégé = qualified ), 合适 ( héshì = suitable ), 合约机 ( héyuējī = contract phone ), 集合 ( jíhé = to assemble ), 结合 ( jiéhé = to combine ), 适合 ( shìhé = to suit )
Other characters that are pronounced hé in Chinese
河 (river) , 和 (and) , 禾 (grain) , 盒 (box) , 何 (what)
More words that mean to close in Chinese
bì ( 闭 ), guān ( 关 ), guānbì ( 关闭 )
More words that mean to combine in Chinese
bìng ( 并 ), jiéhé ( 结合 )

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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.

 
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