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Han character

會 (radical 73 曰+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人一田日 (OMWA), four-corner 8060₆, composition ⿳亼⿻𫩏丷曰)

References

• KangXi: page 503, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14306
• Dae Jaweon: page 878, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1524, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6703

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 會
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 亼 + 曾 – a lid on top of an ancient double boiler.

Etymology

All the pronunciations are ultimately cognate, derived from a root meaning "to join, to come together ~ to meet, to gather ~ to match, to fit ~ to understand". Perhaps related to 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb, “to match”) ~ 蓋 (OC *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb, “lid”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

會

1. union; group; association   (Classifier: 個／个)
   • 社會 / 社会  ―  shèhuì  ―  society
   • 幫會 / 帮会  ―  bānghuì  ―  secret society, underworld gang
2. a place where people meet; an economic or political centre; city, town
   • 都會 / 都会  ―  dōuhuì  ―  capital city
   • 省會 / 省会  ―  xǐnghuì  ―  provincial capital
3. occasion; opportunity; chance
   • 機會 / 机会  ―  jīhuì  ―  opportunity
4. to understand; to grasp
   • 誤會 / 误会  ―  wùhuì  ―  to misunderstand; misunderstanding
5. ^†lid; cover
   • 啟會 / 启会  ―  qǐhuì  ―  to uncover
6. ^† to match; to conform
7. ^† to marry
8. ^† to copulate
9. to gather; to assemble
   • 集會 / 集会  ―  jíhuì  ―  to gather
   • 昨天我沒有會著他。 [MSC, trad.]
     昨天我没有会著他。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zuótiān wǒ méiyǒu huì zhe tā. [Pinyin]

     I didn't see him yesterday.

10. to meet; to rendezvous
    • 會見 / 会见  ―  huìjiàn  ―  to meet with
    • 會面 / 会面  ―  huìmiàn  ―  to meet with
    • 我要到車站會朋友 [MSC, trad.]
      我要到车站会朋友 [MSC, simp.]

      wǒ yào dào chēzhàn huì péngyǒu [Pinyin]

      I have to go to the station to meet a friend.

11. meeting; gathering   (Classifier: 場／场; 次)
    • 會議 / 会议  ―  huìyì  ―  meeting, conference
    • 我還有個會要開。 / 我还有个会要开。  ―  Wǒ háiyǒu ge huì yào kāi.  ―  I have a meeting to go to.
    1. Especially, meetings of deputies of their sovereigns in ancient China to form alliances.
       • 聚會 / 聚会  ―  jùhuì  ―  gathering, party
       • 盟會 / 盟会  ―  ménghuì  ―  meeting of sovereigns
12. ^†rhythm; cadence
    • 節會 / 节会  ―  jiéhuì  ―  rhythm of a musical piece

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

會

1. to know how to perform a task; can; to be able to
   • 我會英語，不會日語。 [MSC, trad.]
     我会英语，不会日语。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ huì yīngyǔ, bù huì rìyǔ. [Pinyin]

     I know English but don't know Japanese.

   • 他還會兩出京戲。 / 他还会两出京戏。  ―  Tā hái huì liǎng chū Jīngxì.  ―  He's able to sing a few airs of Beijing Opera.
2. to be possible; can

   污染會使氣喘加重。 [MSC, trad.]

   污染会使气喘加重。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wūrǎn huì shǐ qìchuǎn jiāzhòng. [Pinyin]

   Pollution can aggravate asthma.

3. will; to be likely to; to be sure to
   • 他會在家嗎？ / 他会在家吗？  ―  Tā huì zài jiā ma?  ―  Is he likely to be at home?
   • 公共汽車會準時到達 [MSC, trad.]
     公共汽车会准时到达 [MSC, simp.]

     gōnggòngqìchē huì zhǔnshí dàodá [Pinyin]

     The bus will arrive on time

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

會

1. moment
   • 一會 / 一会  ―  yīhuì  ―  a moment
   • 會兒 / 会儿  ―  huìr  ―  a moment
   • 等一會兒。 / 等一会儿。  ―  Děng yīhuìr.  ―  Wait a moment.

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

會

1. ^† to compute; to calculate; to sum; to do accounting
   • 會計 / 会计  ―  kuàijì  ―  accountant, accountancy, accounting
   • 會計師 / 会计师  ―  kuàijìshī  ―  accountant
2. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 5

Definitions

會

1. Only used in 會稽／会稽 (Kuàijī, “Guiji Commandery”).

Pronunciation 6

Definitions

會

1. Only used in 會撮／会撮.

Descendants

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 会)

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Readings

• Goon: え (e)
• Kan’on: かい (kai)
• Kun: あう (au)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) か​い [káꜜì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

Noun

會 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 会, hiragana かい, romaji kai, historical hiragana くわい)

1. Kyūjitai spelling of 会

Suffix

會 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 会, hiragana かい, romaji -kai, historical hiragana くわい)

1. Kyūjitai spelling of 会

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

會 • ‎(hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune-Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Compounds

• 회음 (會陰, hoeeum, “perineum”)

Vietnamese

Han character

會 (hội, cuối, hụi)

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Compounds

• hội âm ‎(會陰, “perineum”)