會 - Dong Chinese dictionary

huì, kuài

to gather

Phonosemantic compound. 合 represents the meaning and 𡆧 represents the sound.

Components

合 Meaning component

hé, gě

to join

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 合 than it was in ancient scripts.

𡆧 Sound component

guó

ironware

會 and 𡆧 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

会 (會)

huì

to assemble, meet together; a meeting; an organization; 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

Most common words with 會

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	会	can
	社会	society
	机会	chance
	不会	improbable
	会议	meeting

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

儈廥

Sound component in 11 characters (2 verified)

𨭗𬭇繪劊薈檜燴膾噲鱠廥

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*m-kˤop-s	hwajH	huì	meeting; have a meeting
ɦʷˤajs (< m-kˤop-s)	hwajH	huì	阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara ‘shining’ (E. Hàn)
*kˤop-s	kwajH	kuài	calculate; calculation