LUMP TOGETHER

括 カツ　くく（る）

JY f1540 376
lump together, lump, sum up, draw together
括弧・かっこ・brackets
括約筋・かつやくきん・sphincter
総括的・そうかつてき・all inclusive, all embracing
一括・いっかつ・lump together, sum up
包括する・ほうかつする・include, comprehend, comprise
KUN
括る・くくる・fasten, make fast, bundle
引っ括る・ひっくくる・tie up
首を括る・くびをくくる・hang oneself

"hand" and although it looks like "tongue" it is actually a phonetic figure (also seen in 活) to express bind, but without a clear semantic role. Therefore meaning was originally to bind the hands and hence eventyally to bind everything up or "LUMP TOGETHER".


TEST
brackets
sphincter
all inclusive, all embracing
lump together, sump up
include, comprehend

fasten, make fast, bundle
tie up
hang oneself