会會 huì, kuài — to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting

huì kuài

2 readings — the first is the most common.

Traditional: 會

to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting

6 strokesRadical 人Frequency #38

Words containing 会 Character writing lab Ask the AI tutor

Pinyin

huì (fourth tone, falling)most common
kuài (fourth tone, falling)

to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting

Character breakdown

Ideographic description

⿱人云The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.

人shape partThe lid of the traditional 會, a cover closing over a full vessel; the simplified form keeps it unchanged.
云shape partno entry yetA cursive shorthand standing in for the whole lower half of 會 — not the cloud 云, despite being written identically.

Mnemonic

The traditional 會 is a vessel with its lid closed over the contents gathered inside — things brought together, and so a meeting: 开会, 会议. The simplified 会 keeps the lid, the 人 on top, and writes 云 for everything beneath it; that 云 is a cursive shorthand, not a cloud. The "can" sense is about learning, not permission: 我会说中文 is what you can do because you were taught it, while 能 is what circumstances allow.

A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.

会/會 huì, kuài — to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting

Pinyin

Character breakdown

Mnemonic

Words containing 会

Radical 人 — other characters

会會 huì, kuài — to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting