会 — meeting, association, gather

かい会 meeting

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes work

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.

Meanings

meeting
association
gather

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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

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

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云 cloud (archaic)

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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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会 — meeting, association, gather

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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).

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.

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会 — meeting, association, gather

Meanings

word

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).

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).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

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.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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).