会
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings
On'yomi
- カイ
- エ
Kun'yomi
- あ.う
- あ.わせる
- あつ.まる
Nanori
- あい
- い
Meaning
会 centers on people coming together: a meeting, a party, an association, or an interview. The idea of joining or gathering is the common thread.
Most common words using 会
24 of 2,565- 会かいN3
meeting; assembly; party; gathering; conference; athletic meet
- 会社かいしゃN5
company; corporation; firm
- 社会しゃかいN4
society; public; community; the world
- 会うあうN5
to meet; to encounter; to see
- 大会たいかいN4
mass meeting; convention; rally; conference; assembly; gathering
- 出会いであいN3
meeting; rendezvous; encounter
- 会議かいぎN5
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress
- 機会きかいN4
chance; opportunity; occasion
- 株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
- 会場かいじょうN4
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
- 会話かいわN4
conversation; talk; chat
- 会員かいいんN3
member; the membership
- 教会きょうかいN4
church; congregation
- 協会きょうかいN1
association; society; organization; organisation
- 会長かいちょうN1
president (of a society); chairman
- 国会こっかいN3
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)
- 会見かいけんN1
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
- 議会ぎかいN3
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
- 学会がっかいN2
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
- 会計かいけいN3
accounting; finance; account; reckoning
- 集会しゅうかいN2
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
- 出会うであうN3
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
- 再会さいかいN2
meeting again; reunion
- 都会とかいN3
city
Study
Etymology
会 is the modern simplified form of 會. The older form combines 亼 (a lid or cover) with 曰 (to speak) and 丷, suggesting people gathering under one roof to talk. The modern form retains the general idea of coming together.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 人 looks like a roof, and the bottom 云 suggests words or clouds. Picture people gathering under one roof to talk, forming a meeting or party.
Reading mnemonic
For カイ, imagine a lively meeting where everyone shouts 'Hi!' as they join: 'Hi' sounds like カイ, and the meeting brings people together.