combine

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 併 is associated with combining things or doing them together; its on-reading is へい.
• Basic usage: 併用(へいよう) means using two or more things together; 合併(がっぺい) means merging organizations or similar entities.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Using together and merging
  • 紙と電子版を併用する means to use paper and an electronic edition together. This differs from 合併する, where two organizations become one.
• Reading the merger term
  • Read 合併 as がっぺい, with small っ followed by ぺい.