会 (au) Kanji Meaning: "Meeting" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

N420 of 1666 strokes

Drawing: People gather under one roof and their talk rises like a cloud: meet.

会 means meeting

meet, party, association, interview

People gather under one roof and their talk rises like a cloud: meet.

On'yomi

  • カイkai
  • エe

Kun'yomi

  • あ(う)au
  • あ(わせる)awaseru
  • あつ(まる)atsumaru

How it's built

  • 人person
  • 云cloud

Common words

  • 会かいmeeting; assembly
  • 開会かいかいopening of a meeting
  • 教会きょうかいchurch; congregation
  • 会員かいいんmember; the membership

Through history

  1. Oracle bone script form of 會Oracle bone
  2. Bronze script form of 會Bronze
  3. Seal script form of 會Seal
  4. Today
Written 會 before Japan's postwar reform.

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