合

合

合	Meanings: to be together; to fit On Readings: ゴウ gou, がっ gat, かっ kat Kun Readings: あ（う） a(u) Most Used Pronunciation: au JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 囗 Stroke Number: 6

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Common jukugo
合図 - あい　ず ai zu - sign, signal
相合傘 - あい　あい　がさ ai ai gasa - 2 people sharing an umbrella
場合 - ば　あい ba ai - a case, situation
具合 - ぐ　あい gu ai - condition (of various things)
合格 - ごう　かく - Success; Passing (an exam or class)
混合 - こん　ごう kon gou - mixing, mixture

Useful Examples
Japanese: ２と３と４の合計は９だ。
Romaji: 2 to 3 to 4 no goukei wa 9 da.
English: The sum of two plus three plus four is nine.

Japanese: 地図をテーブルに広げて話し合おう。
Romaji: chizu o te-buru ni hirogete hanashi aou.
English: Let's spread the map on the table and talk it over.

Japanese: 雨天の場合にはお電話下さい。
Romaji: uten no baai ni wa odenwa kudasai.
English: In case of rain telephone me.

Japanese: ニックはバスに間に合うように急いだ。
Romaji: nikku wa basu ni ma ni au you ni isoi da.
English: Nick hurried to catch the bus.

Japanese: その写しは原本と合っている。
Romaji: sono utsushi wa genpon to atte iru.
English: The copy agrees with the original.

Japanese: 日曜日に集合しよう。
Romaji: nichiyoubi ni shuugou shiyou.
English: Let's get together on Sunday.

Japanese: 試合は終わりに近づいてきた。
Romaji: shiai wa owari ni chikaduite kita.
English: The game was drawing to an end.

Japanese: 学生たちは何時間もその計画について話し合った。
Romaji: gakuseitachi wa nanjikan mo sono keikaku ni tsuite hanashi atta.
English: The students discussed the plan for many hours.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
Looks like a house put together well

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.