The Japanese Radical: 并


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Meaning
put together, unite    并

Explanation 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]

Used in these characters:
JLPT 2Joyo 7
bottle, jug, jar
kame, BIN
Left: unite 并 (When coming out 丷 of a Buddhist temple gate 开 you shall be united), right: roof tile 瓦 (image of interhooked tiles)
You can "unite", with this clay (as used for roof tiles), when making: bottles and jugs.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
unite, join, merge
awaseru, HEI
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.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
wall, fence
HEI
Left: earth 土, right: buttocks in side view 尸, to unite 并 (When coming out 丷 of a the gate 开 (= image of a toori) of a shinto-shrine you shall be united)
Made of earth to unite the buttocks within: The wall or the fence.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
mochi, rice cake
mochi, HEI
Left: food 食 (cover on good 良 food), right: 并 [out of 丷 [here: two pestles] - [here: 井 as a box like donburi 丼])
(This sticky rice porridge is beaten soft for hours.) The food that is pounded with pestles in a box is: mochi.  

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