洽

洽 (radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水人一口 (EOMR), four-corner 3816₁, composition ⿰氵合)

1. to blend with, be in harmony
2. to penetrate
3. to cover

• KangXi: page 622, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17426
• Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1612, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6D3D

Historical forms of the character 洽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡruːb) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb).

Causative of 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb, “to be together”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, it may be related to Tibetan འགྲུབ ('grub, “to be accomplished”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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洽

1. ^† to moisten
2. ^† to be in accord; to be harmonious; to agree
3. ^† to consult
4. ^† extensive; wide

洽

(Hokkien)

1. (of liquids) thick; viscous
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan) mediocre; stupid; clumsy

洽

1. (historical) Alternative form of 郃 (hé), the name of a river in Shaanxi now known as 金水河.

   在洽之陽、在渭之涘。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   在洽之阳、在渭之涘。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Zài Hé zhī yáng, zài Wèi zhī sì. [Pinyin]

   On the north of the He; on the banks of the Wei.

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02195
• “洽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

洽

1. (Min Dong) to stick to, adhere
2. (Min Dong) to be at

   伊敆厝 [Min Dong]  ―  ĭ găk chuó / [i⁵⁵ kaʔ⁵ t͡sʰuɔ²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  s/he is at home

   賓館敆底所？ [Min Dong, trad.]
   宾馆敆底所？ [Min Dong, simp.]

   Bĭng-guāng găk diē-nē̤? / [piŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋuaŋ³³ kaʔ⁵ tie³³⁻³⁵ nˡœ³³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   Where's the hotel?

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: うるおす (uruosu), あまねし (amaneshi)

洽 • (heup) (hangeul 흡, revised heup, McCune–Reischauer hŭp, Yale hup)

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洽 (hiệp)

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