会 — meeting, association, gather

かい会 meeting

かい

U+4F1A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #4 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #752 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

meeting
association
gather

Readings

On'yomi: かい kai え e
Kun'yomi: あ a あつ atsu

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かい・がい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

会(かい) kai meeting 会(かい) 社(しゃ) kaisha company 社(しゃ) 会(かい) shakai society 大(たい) 会(かい) taikai tournament 会(かい) 長(ちょう) kaichou chairman 国(こっ) 会(かい) kokkai national assembly 会(かい) 場(じょう) kaijou venue 教(きょう) 会(かい) kyoukai church

え e On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

会(え) 釈(しゃく) eshaku slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude)

あ a Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

会(あ) う au to meet 出(で) 会(あ) う deau to meet 出(で) 会(あ) い deai encounter 会(あ) える aeru to be able to meet 出(で) 会(あ) える deaeru to be able to meet 立(た) ち会(あ) う tachiau to be present 立(た) ち会(あ) い tachiai presence (e.g. of an observer) 立(たち) 会(あ) い tachiai presence (e.g. of an observer)

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S = secondary school · 73 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

一期一会四字熟語

one period, one meeting

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ひと人 person #9

云 cloud (archaic)

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え絵 picture

Compound ideograph (会意). The top component covers 云 (clouds/to say). People coming together under one roof to speak — a meeting. Simplified from 會.

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かい・がい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

え e On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

あ a Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

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Readings

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かい ・がい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

え e On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

あ a Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

かい・がい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).