兼

Related characters

 * 禾

Glyph origin

 * Hand (as in ) holding two grain stalks . Compare:, a hand holding one plant.

Etymology
; compare 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) to do two or more things simultaneously; to hold a concurrent post or role; to combine
 * 2) concurrently; simultaneously; combining; both
 * 3)  double
 * 4) to amalgamate, to merge
 * 5) to annex, to absorb
 * 1) concurrently; simultaneously; combining; both
 * 2)  double
 * 3) to amalgamate, to merge
 * 4) to annex, to absorb
 * 1) to amalgamate, to merge
 * 2) to annex, to absorb
 * 1) to amalgamate, to merge
 * 2) to annex, to absorb
 * 1) to annex, to absorb

Etymology
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Conjunction

 * 1) -cum-, concurrently, and; in addition

Noun

 * 1) doing two or more things at the same time
 * 2) holding two or more government offices at the same time