会 會
会會 in English
- can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- (bound form) to reckon accounts
Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 會, the traditional character: 会 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 17 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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“他会通过考试吗？“ “我怕是不会。“
"Will he pass the examination?" "I am afraid not."
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8点半之前不会开始。
It doesn't start before eight thirty.
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Ben学会了不用火柴就能生火。
Ben learned to make a fire without matches.
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Bill会赢的，不是吗 ?
Bill will win, won't he?
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Bob不仅会弹吉他还会吹笛。
Bob plays not only the guitar but also the flute.
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Jane在运动会之前把头发剃短了。
Jane had her hair cut short before the athletic meeting.
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Linux系统的高手都会用命令行。
Linux experts are able to use the command line.