会

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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])

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HSK 3.0: Level 1
Old HSK: Level 1
Strokes: 6
Radical: 人 +4
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 会
Common rank: #39
Unicode: U+4F1A

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 会 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

People 人 speaking 云

Components 人云

How to remember it

meeting · Heisig RSH #677

meeting + wall

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 会

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一会儿	yī huì r	a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]
开会	kāi huì	to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting
不一会	bù yī huì	soon
国会山	Guó huì shān	Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
不会	bù huì	improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; …
大会	dà huì	general assembly; general meeting; convention; CL:個\|个[ge4],屆\|届[jie4]
会子	huì zi	(coll.) a moment; a while
一会	yī huì	a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3]
学生会	xué sheng huì	student union
国会	Guó huì	Parliament (UK); Congress (US); Diet (Japan); Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
会水	huì shuǐ	to be able to swim
天地会	Tiān dì huì	Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization)
会不会	huì bù huì	(posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not
中国法学会	Zhōng guó Fǎ xué huì	China Law Society
学会	xué huì	to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
会心	huì xīn	knowing (of a smile, look etc)
会儿	huì r	(coll.) a short while; a moment
马会	mǎ huì	horse racing organization; jockey club; turf club (abbr. for 賽馬會\|赛马会[sai4 ma3 hui4] or 賽馬公…
文山会海	wén shān huì hǎi	a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
机会	jī huì	opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個\|个[ge4]

Sound family

These characters use 会 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
会 sound part	huì	to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
绘	huì	to sketch, to paint, to draw
烩	huì	ragout; to braise, to cook
桧	guì	Chinese cypress, Chinese juniper
脍	kuài	minced meat, minced fish
哙	kuài	to swallow, to gulp down; greedy
荟	huì	abundant, flourishing
刽	guì	to amputate, to cut off
狯	kuài	sly, cunning, crafty
鲙	kuài	minced fish; hash
浍	kuài	ditch, trench, irrigation canal; river
郐	kuài	a state in Henan province