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會
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
会
🇨🇳

meet

HSK 10
Communication →Language
huì, kuài
カイ、エ
あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる
회, 괴, 괄
Phonosemantic compound. 合 represents the meaning and 𡆧 represents the sound.
Components
合 fit+ 𡆧 ironware (iii) =
會 meet
合 Meaning component
hé fit
variant of 合[hé]
𡆧 Phonetic component
guó ironware (iii)
ironware
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Notes
Similar Characters
会 meet (jp)仓 berth (simp)倉 storehouse (trad/jp)搿 to hug洽 in agreement翕 agree (iii)哈 ha!峇 cavern恰 just right拾 tidy up盒 small box答 answer給 give (trad/jp)给 give (simp)耠 dig荅 small bean蛤 clam袷 garment铪 element (simp)閤 small side door (trad)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
会
Regular
Modern
Chinese
会 / 會 [huì]
can; to be possible; to be able to; will; to be likely to; to be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; CL:個|个[gè]; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
会 / 會 [kuài]
to balance an account; accountancy; accounting
Japanese
会 え 同音
noun archaic gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
会 かい 同音

noun

  1. meeting; assembly; party; gathering; conference; athletic meet
  2. society; association; club
Korean
회 [會]
Affix
-hoe; A suffix used to mean an organization.; -hoe; A suffix used to mean a meeting.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
この会に出席している他の代表者に直接話すのではなく、どうか議長に話して下さい。
Kindly address yourself to the chairman, not directly to other representatives at this meeting.
この会の名称はＥ．Ｓ．Ｓ．とする。
This association shall be called the E.S.S.
Japanese Names
會 あい
Ai surname
會 かい
Kai surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
社会 [shè​huì] #1,518
society
机会 [jī​huì] #308
opportunity
不会 [bù​huì] #3,318
improbable
会议 [huì​yì] #1,449
meeting
社会主义 [shè​huì​zhǔ​yì] #13,747
socialism
都会 [dū​huì] #7,259
city
委员会 [wěi​yuán​huì] #2,146
committee
约会 [yuē​huì] #539
appointment
学会 [xué​huì] #2,181
to learn
大会 [dà​huì] #3,316
general assembly
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JAPANESE WORDS (7)
⭐ 会社 [かいしゃ] #1,667
company
舞踏会 [ぶとうかい] #10,530
ball
音楽会 [おんがくかい] #44,309
concert
首脳会合 [しゅのうかいごう] #123,548
summit meeting
工藤會 [くどうかい]
Kudō-kai (yakuza group)
旧車会 [きゅうしゃかい]
classic vehicle club (cars, motorcycles)
無遮大会 [むしゃだいえ]
great equal assembly (quinquennial service of indiscriminatory almsgiving and preaching)
KOREAN WORDS (65)
회사 #2,353
company; corporation
기회 #6,347
chance; opportunity
대회 #8,421
meeting; convention
회의 #9,333
meeting; conference
위원회 #15,383
committee; commission
협회 #19,821
association; society
회장 #22,024
president
이사회 #30,120
board of directors; directorate
회담 #31,937
talk; meeting
주식회사 #37,518
joint-stock company; limited company
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