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Kanji Detail for 会 - "to meet, to gather"

会

  • Meaning

    会 means "to meet, to gather." Also associated with to match.

    1. To meet - To encounter; to see someone.

    2. To match - To agree; to become one; to fit.

    3. To gather - To assemble; a meeting; coming together in one place.

    4. To understand - To comprehend; to suit one's heart.

    5. Essential - The key point of things.

    6. By chance - Coincidentally; just at that moment.

    7. Certainly - Definitely; surely.

    8. To count - To total up; accounting.

  • Words using 会

    • 会員 かいいん Listen member; the membership
    • 会社 かいしゃ Listen company; corporation; firm
    • 会見 かいけん Listen interview; audience; meeting
    • 会談 かいだん Listen talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
    • 会議 かいぎ Listen meeting; conference; session
    • 会長 かいちょう Listen president (of a society); chairman
    • 協会 きょうかい Listen association; society; organization
    • 国会 こっかい Listen National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet

  • Four-character idioms with 会

    • 一期一会 いちごいちえ Listen once-in-a-lifetime encounter; uniquely precious experience
    • 会者定離 えしゃじょうり Listen those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part
    • 怨憎会苦 おんぞうえく Listen the pain of meeting people one dislikes
    • 機会均等 きかいきんとう Listen equal opportunity
    • 牽強付会 けんきょうふかい Listen strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced
    • 遠慮会釈 えんりょえしゃく Listen reserve and consideration (to others)

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    • Verified meaning: to meet, to gather
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あい, かい, さとる)
    • Also carries these associations: to match

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 会

    Given names 会(あい)Listen 会(さとる)Listen

    Surnames 会(かい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    meeting; meet; party; association; interview; join

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    assemble, meet together; meeting

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group

  • Onyomi

    tip

    e(エ) エ

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    a.u(あ-う) あ-う

    a.waseru(あ-わせる) あ-わせる

    atsu.maru(あつ-まる) あつ-まる

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to meet to match to gather agree by chance certainly count total essential understand realize meeting gathering association assemble assembly club conference congregation convention council encounter forum group organization rendezvous society summit

Sentences including 会

  • I don't want to see anybody today.

  • It's always delightful to see you.

  • I would like to see you before i leave.

  • Bill has stock in that company.

  • I met an american girl.

  • The company was in want of money.

  • Our meeting was quite accidental.

  • Our company is too top-heavy.

  • His company is under his control.

  • It is a privilege to meet you.

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