Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 7
会 meet
- Meaning
- meet
- On reading
- カイ
- Kun reading
- あ(う)
Memory hook
A roof over 云: people gathering under one roof. カイ in compounds, あ(う) on its own. 会社 kaisha, a company.
Words that use 会
会う
あう
to meet
会社
かいしゃ
company
How to write 会
Stroke order · 6 strokes
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2
3
4
5
6
- 1. The sweep down to the left.
- 2. The diagonal down to the right.
- 3 to 4. The horizontal across the middle.
- 5. The sweep, down to the left, then across to the right.
- 6. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
会 is taught on day 28 of the kanji course, alongside 休 店 駅, with two writing passes and a short quiz.