Memory phrase for the Kanji: 併

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awaseru

Left: person 人, right: unite 并 (When coming out 丷 of a the gate 开 (=toori) of a shinto-shrine you shall be united)

Persons who are united are united/merged.

亻	person	This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
并	put together, unite	When you are coming out 丷 of a buddhist temple 开 you shall be united. - [开 = image of a temple's entrance gate with double upper traverses, which actually means "open 開", as these gates have no door]
丷	way out
开	open	Image of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shinto shrine, with a double traverse beam

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合併	がっぺい	combination, union, merger, coalition, incorporation
併合	へいごう	merger, annexation, joining

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