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Definition(s) for: 会意

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
会意 huì yì - combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters)
- Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements
- also known as joint ideogram or associative compound
- to comprehend without being told explicitly
- to cotton on
- knowing (smile, glance etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 54,946 30,415 38,888

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huì- 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])
kuài- (bound form) to reckon accounts
- Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- idea
- meaning
- thought
- to think
- wish
- desire
- intention
- to expect
- to anticipate

Other Words Containing 会意

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
会意 - 9 54,946 30,415 38,888