會

See also: 曾 and 会
會 U+6703, 會
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6703
← 朂
[U+6702] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朄 →
[U+6704]

Translingual
Japanese 会
Simplified 会
Traditional 會
Stroke order

Han character

會 (radical 73, 曰+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人一田日 (OMWA), four-corner 80606, composition ⿱亼𭥴)

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
trad. 會
simp. 会
variant forms 㑹
𠃐

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 會
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (會) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
譮 *qʰruːbs
會 *koːbs, *ɡoːbs
儈 *koːbs
膾 *koːbs
鱠 *koːbs
襘 *koːbs
禬 *koːbs, *ɡoːbs
檜 *koːbs, *koːd
旝 *koːbs
澮 *koːbs
鄶 *koːbs
廥 *koːbs
鬠 *koːbs, *ɡoːd
劊 *koːbs, *koːd
獪 *koːbs, *kroːbs
繪 *ɡoːbs
懀 *qoːbs, *qroːbs, *qroːbs
薈 *qoːbs
嬒 *qoːbs, *qoːd
瞺 *qoːbs
噲 *kʰroːbs
璯 *kʰroːbs

Pictogram (象形) – a lid on top of a container, with content in.

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
Note:
  • Xiamen:
    • hōe - literary;
    • hē - vernacular (limited, e.g. 分會, 會仔, 會頭).
  • Quanzhou:
    • hōe - literary;
    • hēr - vernacular (limited, e.g. 分會).
Note:
  • fei5 - vernacular;
  • fei4 - literary.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 會 (開會)
Mandarin Beijing /xuei⁵¹/
Harbin /xuei⁵³/
Tianjin /xuei⁵³/
Jinan /xuei²¹/
Qingdao /xue⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xuei³¹²/
Xi'an /xuei⁴⁴/
Xining /xuɨ²¹³/
Yinchuan /xuei¹³/
Lanzhou /xuei¹³/
Ürümqi /xuei²¹³/
Wuhan /xuei³⁵/
Chengdu /xuei¹³/
Guiyang /xuei²¹³/
Kunming /xuei²¹²/
Nanjing /xuəi⁴⁴/
Hefei /xue⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /xuei⁴⁵/
Pingyao /xuæ³⁵/
Hohhot /xuei⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ɦue²³/
Suzhou /ɦue̞³¹/
Hangzhou /ɦui¹³/
Wenzhou /vai²²/
Hui Shexian /xuɛ²²/
/uɛ²²/
Tunxi /xuə¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /fei⁵⁵/
/fei¹¹/
Xiangtan /ɸəi²¹/
Gan Nanchang /fɨi²¹/
Hakka Meixian /fi⁵³/
Taoyuan /fui⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wui³⁵/
Nanning /wui²²/
Hong Kong /wui³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hue²²/
/e²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /huɔi²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xo⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /hue³⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hui³³/
/ɔi³³/ ～做
Rime
Character 會
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 泰 (26)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 黃外切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwajH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuɑiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huì
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 會
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hwajH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-kˁop-s/
English meeting; have a meeting

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 會
Reading # 2/2
No. 5507
Phonetic
component		 會
Rime
group		 蓋
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡoːbs/
Notes 金文從合甑，合亦聲，說文古文作㣛，
皆表與合同源

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
  3. occasion; opportunity; chance
  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
  10. to meet; to rendezvous
  11. meeting; gathering (Classifier: 場／场; 次)
    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
Derived terms from 會

Pronunciation 2
Note: wui3 - nonstandard.
Note: substitute character for 解, which may be related to 會.
Note: substitute character for 解, which may be related to 會.
Note: substitute character for 解, which may be related to 會.
Note:
  • fei5 - vernacular;
  • fei4 - literary.
Rime
Character 會
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 泰 (26)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 黃外切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwajH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuɑiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huì
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 會
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hwajH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-kˁop-s/
English meeting; have a meeting

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 會
Reading # 2/2
No. 5507
Phonetic
component		 會
Rime
group		 蓋
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡoːbs/
Notes 金文從合甑，合亦聲，說文古文作㣛，
皆表與合同源

Definitions

會

  1. to know how to perform a task; can; to be able to
  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
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 會 (“to know how to; to be able to”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 會
Mandarin Beijing 會
Taiwan 會
Jinan 會
Xi'an 會
Wuhan 會, 曉得
Chengdu 會
Yangzhou 會
Hefei 會
Cantonese Guangzhou 會, 識, 識得, 曉
Hong Kong 識, 識得, 曉
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 識
Taishan 會, 識, 識領, 曉, 曉領
Yangjiang 會, 識
Gan Nanchang 會, 曉得
Hakka Meixian 會, 識得, 曉
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 曉得, 會
Liudui (S. Sixian) 曉得, 會
Hsinchu (Hailu) 曉得, 會
Dongshi (Dabu) 曉得, 曉
Hsinchu (Raoping) 曉得, 會
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 會, 會曉
Hong Kong 曉
Sabah (Bao'an) 曉
Jin Taiyuan 會
Min Bei Jian'ou 惡
Min Dong Fuzhou 會
Min Nan Xiamen 會, 會曉
Quanzhou 會, 會曉
Zhangzhou 會, 會曉
Taipei 會, 會曉
Kaohsiung 會, 會曉
Tainan 會, 會曉
Taichung 會, 會曉
Hsinchu 會
Lukang 會, 會曉
Sanxia 會, 會曉
Yilan 會, 會曉
Kinmen 會
Magong 會
Chaozhou 會
Wu Suzhou 會
Wenzhou 會
Xiang Changsha 會, 曉得
Shuangfeng 會, 曉得

Derived terms

Pronunciation 3
Rime
Character 會
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 泰 (26)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 黃外切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwajH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuɑiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huì
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 會
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hwajH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-kˁop-s/
English meeting; have a meeting

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 會
Reading # 2/2
No. 5507
Phonetic
component		 會
Rime
group		 蓋
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡoːbs/
Notes 金文從合甑，合亦聲，說文古文作㣛，
皆表與合同源

Definitions

會

  1. moment

Pronunciation 4
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 會 (會計)
Mandarin Beijing /kʰuai⁵¹/
Harbin /kʰuai⁵³/
Tianjin /kʰuai⁵³/
Jinan /kʰuɛ²¹/
Qingdao /kʰuɛ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /kʰuai³¹²/
Xi'an /kʰuai⁵³/
Xining /kʰuɛ⁵³/
Yinchuan /kʰuɛ¹³/
Lanzhou /kʰuɛ¹³/
Ürümqi /kʰuai²¹³/
Wuhan /kʰuai³⁵/
Chengdu /kʰuai¹³/
Guiyang /kʰuai⁴²/
Kunming /kʰuæ²¹²/
Nanjing /kʰuae⁴⁴/
Hefei /kʰue̞⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰuai⁴⁵/
Pingyao /kʰuæ³⁵/
Hohhot /kʰuɛ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /kʰue³⁵/
Suzhou /kʰue̞⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /kʰui⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /kai⁴²/
Hui Shexian /kʰuɛ³²⁴/
/kuɛ³²⁴/
Tunxi /kʰua⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /kʰuai⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /kʰuai⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /kʰuai²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /kʰuai⁵³/
Taoyuan /fui⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wui²²/
Nanning /wui²²/
Hong Kong /kʰui³⁵/
/wui²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kue²¹/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kuɔi²¹²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰo³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kuai²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hui³³/
Rime
Character 會
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 泰 (26)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古外切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwajH/
Li
Rong		 /kuɑiH/
Wang
Li		 /kuɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guì
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 會
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kuài
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwajH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kˁop-s/
English calculate; calculation

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 會
Reading # 1/2
No. 5493
Phonetic
component		 會
Rime
group		 蓋
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 儈
Old
Chinese		 /*koːbs/

Definitions

會

  1. † to compute; to calculate; to sum; to do accounting
  2. A surname​.

Compounds
Derived terms from 會

Pronunciation 5
Rime
Character 會
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 泰 (26)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古外切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwajH/
Li
Rong		 /kuɑiH/
Wang
Li		 /kuɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guì
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 會
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kuài
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwajH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kˁop-s/
English calculate; calculation

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 會
Reading # 1/2
No. 5493
Phonetic
component		 會
Rime
group		 蓋
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 儈
Old
Chinese		 /*koːbs/

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
Sino-Xenic (會):

Japanese

Shinjitai

 会

Kyūjitai

 會

Kanji
會

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

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Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. Kyūjitai form of 会

Suffix

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

  1. Kyūjitai form of 会

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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

Korean

Hanja

會 • (hoe) (hangeul 회)

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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

會 (hội, cuối, hụi)

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Compounds
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