会

See also: 會 and 合

会 U+4F1A, 会 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F1A ← 伙 [U+4F19] CJK Unified Ideographs 伛 → [U+4F1B]

Translingual

Japanese	会
Simplified	会
Traditional	會

Stroke order

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 會. From cursive script.

Han character

会 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 人一一戈 (OMMI), four-corner 8073₁, composition ⿱人云 or ⿱亼𠫔)

Derived characters

• 侩, 哙, 浍, 狯, 桧, 烩, 㻅, 脍, 絵(绘), 𩷆(鲙), 刽, 郐, 荟

Additional Derived Characters

• 𡋗, 𫰢, 𰎛, 𢙓, 𪭯, 𰧻, 𫧃, 𬒊, 𫞷, 𫋻, 𫠴, 𱸾, 𫊹, 𲃟, 𬭇, 𩠠, 𩩈, 𪑅
• 𡳃, 𠊉, 𠀾, 𱐹, 𥭉, 𫘽, 𥁧, 𰏶, 𤶊, 𰕭, 𰺭, 𨻔, 𧐬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 96, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 460
• Dae Jaweon: page 204, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 116, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4F1A

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 会 – see 會 (“union; group; association; economic or political centre; major city; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 會).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

See also 会する

Shinjitai	会
Kyūjitai	會

Kanji

会

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 會)

Readings

• Go-on: え (e, Jōyō)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}、け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: あう (au, 会う, Jōyō)^{←あふ (afu, 会ふ, historical)}、あつまる (atsumaru, 会まる)、あつめる (atsumeru, 会める)
• Nanori: あい (ai)^{←あひ (afi, historical)}、い (i)

Compounds

• 一(いち)期(ご)一(いち)会(え) (ichigo ichie): Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur
• 会(え)陰(いん) (ein): perineum
• 会(え)厭(えん) (ēn): epiglottis
• 会(え)式(しき) (eshiki): temple service (of Nichiren)
• 会(え)釈(しゃく) (eshaku): saluting
• 会(え)得(とく) (etoku): understanding
• 会(かい)意(い) (kaī): (kanji) ideography
• 会(かい)員(いん) (kaīn): member
• 会(かい)館(かん) (kaikan): (public) hall, house
• 会(かい)飲(いん) (kaīn): drinking at party
• 会(かい)議(ぎ) (kaigi): (business) meeting, council, congress
• 会(かい)計(けい) (kaikei): accounting, pay, check
• 会(かい)計(けい)士(し) (kaikeishi): accountant
• 会(かい)見(けん) (kaiken): (public) interview
• 会(かい)合(ごう) (kaigō): meeting
• 会(かい)社(しゃ) (kaisha): company
• 会(かい)食(しょく) (kaishoku): dining meets
• 会(かい)心(しん) (kaishin): satisfaction
• 会(かい)席(せき) (kaiseki): meeting, dine
• 会(かい)談(だん) (kaidan): talks, meeting
• 会(かい)費(ひ) (kaihi): membership fee
• 会(かい)報(ほう) (kaihō): newsletter
• 会(かい)期(き) (kaiki): session (of legislature, or of conference)
• 会(え)者(しゃ)定(じょう)離(り) (esha jōri): people meet, always part
• 会(かい)規(き) (kaiki): association's rule
• 会(かい)主(しゅ) (kaishu): association founder
• 会(かい)衆(しゅう) (kaishū): meeting attender
• 会(かい)集(しゅう) (kaishū): meeting, gathering
• 会(かい)所(しょ) (kaisho): meeting place, gathering place
• 会(かい)商(しょう) (kaishō): talks, negotiation
• 会(かい)場(じょう) (kaijō): meeting place, party place
• 会(かい)戦(せん) (kaisen): battle
• 会(かい)葬(そう) (kaisō): funeral, attendance at a funeral
• 会(かい)則(そく) (kaisoku): association's rule, membership (code)
• 会(かい)長(ちょう) (kaichō): chairman, president
• 会(かい)頭(とう) (kaitō): association chairman
• 会(かい)同(どう) (kaidō): meeting, assembly
• 会(かい)堂(どう) (kaidō): church, chapel
• 会(かい)読(どく) (kaidoku): study meeting (of a book)
• 会(かい)派(は) (kaiha): party, gathering
• 会(かい)話(わ) (kaiwa): conversation
• 開(かい)会(かい) (kaikai)
• 学(がっ)会(かい) (gakkai)
• 教(きょう)会(かい) (kyōkai)
• 協(きょう)会(かい) (kyōkai)
• 国(こっ)会(かい) (kokkai)
• 散(さん)会(かい) (sankai)
• 司(し)会(かい) (shikai)
• 集(しゅう)会(かい) (shūkai)
• 照(しょう)会(かい) (shōkai)
• 商(しょう)会(かい) (shōkai)
• 盛(せい)会(かい) (seikai)
• 総(そう)会(かい) (sōkai)
• 株(かぶ)主(ぬし)総(そう)会(かい) (kabunushisōkai)
• 法(ほう)会(え) (hōe)
• 閉(へい)会(かい) (heikai)
• 密(みっ)会(かい) (mikkai)
• 民(みん)会(かい) (minkai)
• 流(りゅう)会(かい) (ryūkai)
• 議(ぎ)会(かい) (gikai): (the) Diet; parliament; congress
• 茶(ちゃ)会(かい) (chakai): tea party

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
会
かい Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
會 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 會 (MC hwajH).

The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠i]
• (Tokyo) かい [káꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

会(かい) • (kai) ^{←くわい (kwai)?}

1. meeting, gathering

   会(かい)を催(もよお)す

   kai o moyōsu

   hold a meeting; throw a party

   会(かい)に出(で)る

   kai ni deru

   attend a meeting [party]

2. society, association, club

   会(かい)を組織(そしき)する

   kai o soshiki suru

   form [organize] an association

   会(かい)に入(はい)る

   kai ni hairu

   join a club

   会(かい)を脱退(だったい)する

   kai o dattai suru

   leave a club

   会(かい)から抜(ぬ)ける

   kai kara nukeru

   quit a club

Suffix

会(かい) • (-kai) ^{←くわい (-kwai)?}

1. meeting
2. party; function

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
会
え Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
會 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 會 (MC hwajH).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞]

• Audio:

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Affix

会(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)?}

1. gathering; meeting
2. perceive; understand; comprehend
3. alternative form of 絵 (e, “picture; drawing; painting”)

   図(ず)会(え) ― zue ― collection of pictures

Vietnamese

Han character

会: Hán Việt readings: hội, cối
会: Nôm readings: hụi

1. Variant of 會, see there for more details.
   • 19th century, Nguyễn Đình Chiểu (阮廷沼), Lục Vân Tiên (蓼雲僊) [Tale of Lục Vân Tiên], published 1916, lines 15-16:

     𠫾(Đi)䀡(xem)𲉇(mở)会(hội)科(khoa)詩(thi)
     雲(Vân)仙(Tiên)𠓨(vào)謝(tạ)尊(tôn)師(sư)𦋦(ra)𧗱(về)

     After watching the opening of the imperial examination,
     Vân Tiên went to thank his revered master and left.