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

Derived characters

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

Chinese
trad. 會
simp. 会
alternative forms
 
㑹
㞧
㣛
𠃐
𣌭
㑹
㞧
㣛
𠃐
𣌭
𣥈

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

Most of 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”).

However, Min Nan ē instead derives from 解 (OC *kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs, “to understand”) (Yang, 2001).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • Xiamen:
  • 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
Baxter hwajH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wui6
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
    同鄉會／同乡会  ―  tóngxiānghuì  ―  association or club of people from the same region living elsewhere
  2. economic or political centre; major city
    都會／都会  ―  dūhuì  ―  metropolis; major city
    省會／省会  ―  shěnghuì  ―  provincial capital
  3. occasion; opportunity; chance
    機會／机会  ―  jīhuì  ―  opportunity
  4. † lid; cover
    啟會／启会  ―  qǐhuì  ―  to uncover
  5. † to match; to conform
  6. † to marry
  7. † to copulate
  8. to gather; to assemble
    會餐／会餐  ―  huìcān  ―  to dine together
    昨天我沒有會著他。 [MSC, trad.]
    昨天我没有会着他。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zuótiān wǒ méiyǒu huìzhe tā. [Pinyin]
    I didn't see him yesterday.
  9. 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.
  10. meeting; gathering (Classifier: 場／场; 次)
    會議／会议  ―  huìyì  ―  meeting, conference
    座談會／座谈会  ―  zuòtánhuì  ―  symposium; forum
    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.
      盟會／盟会  ―  ménghuì  ―  meeting of sovereigns
  11. temple fair
    廟會／庙会  ―  miàohuì  ―  temple fair
    趕會／赶会  ―  gǎnhuì  ―  to attend a temple fair
  12. to understand; to grasp
    體會／体会  ―  tǐhuì  ―  to know from experience
    誤會／误会  ―  wùhuì  ―  to misunderstand
  13. † rhythm; cadence
    節會／节会  ―  jiéhuì  ―  rhythm of a musical piece
  14. (literary) by chance; as it happens
  15. (literary) ought to; should
  16. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to clarify; to clear up
  17. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to express appreciation verbally
  18. (Taoism) epoch, a lunar or grand cycle of 10,800 years
    一元12會，共十二萬九千年，周而復始，不斷循環，值致地球毀滅 [MSC, trad.]
    一元12会，共十二万九千年，周而复始，不断循环，值致地球毁灭 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī Yuán 12 Huì, Gòng Shí'èr Wàn Jiǔ Qiān Nián, zhōu'érfùshǐ, Bù Duàn Xúnhuán, Zhí Zhì Dìqiú Huǐmiè [Pinyin]
    Each kalpa has 12 epochs and lasts 129,000 years, repeating endlessly, each kalpa ending with the destruction of the world.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 恰巧 (“by chance; as it happens”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 會, 適
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 恰巧, 恰好, 恰恰, 碰巧, 剛好, 剛巧, 正好, 正巧, 趕巧, 湊巧
Mandarin Beijing 正好, 碰巧, 可可兒的
Langfang 正好兒
Tangshan 碰巧兒
Cangzhou 正巧兒
Baoding 碰巧
Shijiazhuang 正巧兒
Daming 正好兒
Harbin 正巧
Yantai (Muping) 趕巧兒
Jinan 正好, 剛好, 碰巧, 湊巧
Luoyang 碰巧, 湊巧
Wanrong 剛, 妙, 可妙, 湊妙
Xi'an 正好, 剛好, 剛好兒, 妙的
Yinchuan 湊巧, 恰巧
Lanzhou 將巧
Xining 正好
Ürümqi 剛好, 正好, 剛巧, 正巧, 碰巧, 正, 將好兒
Wuhan 正巧, 恰恰, 神神
Chengdu 端端, 剛好, 將好, 恰好, 恰恰
Guiyang 恰巧, 湊巧, 碰巧
Kunming 剛好, 恰恰的
Liuzhou 扣到, 扣扣, 正, 碰巧
Xuzhou 驗好, 驗好兒, 驗巧, 適巧
Yangzhou 剛好, 剛剛好, 齊巧, 正好, 將好
Nanjing 正, 將將
Hefei 正好, 將好, 碰巧
Nantong 碰巧
Cantonese Guangzhou 碰啱, 撞啱, 湊啱, 啱好, 啱, 啱啱, 啱啱好, 啱啱線
Hong Kong 咁啱, 撞啱, 碰啱, 啱啱
Macau 啱啱
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 啱啱好
Foshan 啱好
Foshan (Sanshui) 啱啱好
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 啱啱
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 啱算
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 啱算
Jiangmen (Baisha) 啱啱
Taishan 碰啱
Heshan (Yayao) 啱啱好
Dongguan 啱先
Yangjiang 哏好, 啱
Xinyi 啱好, 啱啱
Gan Nanchang 合適, 碰巧
Lichuan 剛好
Pingxiang 嵌嵌, 嵌嵌仔, 嵌好, 合式, 緊光
Hakka Meixian 啱好, 啱啱
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 啱啱
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 啱算
Conghua (Lütian) 啱啱
Yudu 將好, 剛好
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 堵好, 堵堵好
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 堵好, 堵堵好
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 堵好, 堵堵好
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 堵好, 堵堵好
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 堵好, 堵堵好
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 堵好, 堵堵好
Huizhou Jixi 剛好
Jin Taiyuan 剛好, 可可底, 正好, 正巧
Xinzhou 正好, 嵌好, 嵌好好兒, 嵌嵌兒, 可好, 可好好兒, 可可兒
Zhangjiakou 剛巧
Handan 正好兒
Min Bei Jian'ou 頃頃好
Min Dong Fuzhou 正正好, 堵堵好
Min Nan Xiamen 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 注死, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄巧, 拄拄, 拄拄仔好
Quanzhou 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄遷
Zhangzhou 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 拄欸好, 注死, 拄, 死病, 湊拄歁, 湊拄歁仔, 湊巧, 湊歁, 湊歁仔, 千千, 千拄千, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔
Kaohsiung 拄好
Yilan 拄好
Changhua (Lukang) 拄好
Taichung 拄好
Taichung (Wuqi) 拄好
Tainan 拄好
Taitung 拄好
Hsinchu 拄仔好
Penghu (Magong) 拄好
Zhangping 堵堵, 堵好, 堵湊
Chaozhou 堵堵, 堵好
Shantou 湊巧, 恰巧, 堵堵, 啱
Shantou (Chaoyang) 啱
Jieyang 堵彩, 堵堵好, 甲甲
Haikou 啱, 啱啱
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 正好
Wu Shanghai 齊巧, 正好, 正巧, 剛巧, 剛正好, 剛剛好, 正正好好, 貼正, 貼正好, 恰好, 貼准, 恰恰叫, 恰恰好, 眼眼叫, 眼眼調, 扣揢扣, 碰巧, 湊巧, 齊頭 dated, 齊頭好 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 正好
Suzhou 剛巧, 剛正, 剛好, 齊巧, 齊頭, 眼眼調
Wuxi 齊頭數, 齊巧
Danyang 湊巧, 齊巧, 剛好, 正好, 齊巧好
Hangzhou 剛巧, 正巧, 齊巧
Ningbo 剛剛, 扣好, 扣扣, 候扣, 眼眼叫, 齊巧
Wenzhou 恰兩恰兒, 恰恰兒, 扣扣, 扣門兒
Jinhua 頂對, 正好, 正好兒, 剛好
Xiang Changsha 剛合, 如勢, 獨如, 正好, 恰好
Loudi 恰好, 正好
Shuangfeng 正好
  • (Taoist): 大天干

Compounds

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
Baxter hwajH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wui6
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 (something)
    我會英語，不會法語。 [MSC, trad.]
    我会英语，不会法语。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ huì yīngyǔ, bù huì fǎyǔ. [Pinyin]
    I know English but don't know French.
    他還會兩齣京戲。／他还会两出京戏。  ―  Tā hái huì liǎng chū Jīngxì.  ―  He is able to sing a few airs of Beijing Opera.
  2. to know how to perform a task; can; to be able to
    你會騎自行車嗎？會。 [MSC, trad.]
    你会骑自行车吗？会。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ huì qí zìxíngchē ma? Huì. [Pinyin]
    Can you ride a bike? Yes.
    我不會游泳。／我不会游泳。  ―  Wǒ bùhuì yóuyǒng.  ―  I don't know how to swim.
  3. to be good at; to be skilful in
    他很會跳舞。／他很会跳舞。  ―  Tā hěn huì tiàowǔ.  ―  He can dance very well.
    你太不會說話了。／你太不会说话了。  ―  Nǐ tài bùhuì shuōhuà le.  ―  You are so bad at speaking.
  4. will; to be likely to; to be sure to
    他會不會已經走了？ [MSC, trad.]
    他会不会已经走了？ [MSC, simp.]
    Tā huì bùhuì yǐjīng zǒu le? [Pinyin]
    Is he likely that he has already left?
    火車會準時到達。／火车会准时到达。  ―  Huǒchē huì zhǔnshí dàodá.  ―  The train will arrive on time.
    你明天會在家嗎？會。 [MSC, trad.]
    你明天会在家吗？会。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ míngtiān huì zài jiā ma? Huì. [Pinyin]
    Will you be at home tomorrow? Yes.
    你陣間會唔會出街？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你阵间会唔会出街？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 zan6 gaan1 wui5 m4 wui5 ceot1 gaai1? [Jyutping]
    Will you go out later?
    人人都會犯錯。／人人都会犯错。  ―  Rénrén dōu huì fàncuò.  ―  Everyone makes mistakes.
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
Malaysia 會
Singapore 會
Cantonese Guangzhou 會, 識, 識得, 曉
Hong Kong 識, 識得, 曉
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 識
Macau 識
Taishan 會, 識, 識領, 曉, 曉領
Yangjiang 會, 識
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 識
Penang (Guangfu) 識
Singapore (Guangfu) 識
Gan Nanchang 會, 曉得
Hakka Meixian 會, 識得, 曉, 曉得
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 曉得, 會
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 曉得, 會
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 曉得, 會
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 曉得, 曉
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 曉得, 會
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 會, 會曉
Hong Kong 曉
Sabah (Bao'an) 曉
Kuching (Hepo) 曉
Jin Taiyuan 會
Min Bei Jian'ou 惡
Jianyang (Huangkeng) 解
Min Dong Fuzhou 會
Min Nan Xiamen 會, 會曉
Quanzhou 會, 會曉
Zhangzhou 會, 會曉
Taipei 會, 會曉
New Taipei (Sanxia) 會, 會曉
Kaohsiung 會, 會曉
Yilan 會, 會曉
Changhua (Lukang) 會, 會曉
Taichung 會, 會曉
Tainan 會, 會曉
Hsinchu 會
Kinmen 會
Penghu (Magong) 會
Singapore (Hokkien) 會曉
Manila (Hokkien) 會曉
Medan (Hokkien) 會曉
Chaozhou 會, 會曉
Shantou 會, 會曉
Shantou (Chaoyang) 會
Singapore (Teochew) 會曉
Wenchang 捌
Qionghai 捌
Singapore (Hainanese) 捌
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 識
Wu Shanghai 會, 曉得
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
Baxter hwajH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wui6
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
    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

  • 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
Baxter kwajH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gui3
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
    會計／会计  ―  kuàijì  ―  accountant, accountancy, accounting
    會計師／会计师  ―  kuàijìshī  ―  accountant
  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
Baxter kwajH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gui3
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: 会(かい) (kai)
  • → Korean: 회(會) (hoe), 괴(會) (goe)
  • → Vietnamese: hội (會)

Others:

  • → Lü: ᦃᦼᧈ (ẋuy¹)
  • → Zhuang: vei

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

 会

Kyūjitai

 會

Kanji
會

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

  1. Kyūjitai form of 会

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

會(かい) • (kai) ←くわい (kwai)?

  1. Kyūjitai form of 会

Suffix

會(かい) • (-kai) ←くわい (kwai)?

  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 (eumhun 모일 회 (moil hoe))

  1. Hanja form? of 회 (“to gather, assemble”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

會: Hán Việt readings: cối[1], hội[1]
會: Nôm readings: cuối[2], hội[1], hụi[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of hội (“to meet, meeting, festival”).

Compounds

References
  1. Trần (1999).
  2. Trần (2004).
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