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会

meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

JLPTN5StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 100Strokes6

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

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  • 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

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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.