Memory phrase for the character: 会

会

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Meaning

to meet

Pronunciation

 KAI, E
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Explanation

 Top: person 人, bottom: to say, fog 云 (two 二, nose/private ム)

Mnemonic
 
A person and "two noses" have a meeting. (Or: When the persons want to say sth. they meet.)

Radicals

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ム noseThis radical is typically understood as a nose in a lateral view from the left.
云 fog云 has the meaning "fog" only in Chinese. This original meaning is still visible in: cloud 雲. In Japanese it has the meaning to say/speak 云. For "fog" itself the character: 霧 (MU, kiri) is used.
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 Vocabulary

有限会社 ゆうげんがいしゃ  Limited company
会う あう  to meet, to interview
会社 かいしゃ  company, corporation
総会 そうかい  general meeting
会釈 えしゃく  greeting, recognition, bow
婦人会 ふじんかい  women's group or association
会議室 かいぎしつ  conference room, council room
会議 かいぎ  meeting, conference, convention
例会 れいかい  regular meeting

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