ChiramiN4 kanji · 6 strokes
会 means meet
人 people · 云 to say
会Memory trick
People (人) getting together to talk (云): to meet.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- meeting, meet, party, association
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) あう au
あう (au) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: あわせる awaseru, あつまる atsumaru
From Chinese (onyomi) カイ kai
カイ (kai) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: エ e
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Common word
大会 たいかい · taikai
mass meeting, convention
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Quick check
What does 会 mean?
Right: 会 means meet.Not quite: 会 means meet.In 大会, which reading does 会 use?
Right. 大会 is read たいかい (taikai): 会 takes カイ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 大会 is read たいかい (taikai): 会 takes カイ, its reading from Chinese.