Definitions

huì (verb) to converge; to gather
huì (verb) to remit; to transfer (money)
huì (verb) to exchange
huì (noun) collection; compilation

Etymology

Depicts water () gathered together (). Simplified form of .

About

The simplified character 汇 consolidates the meanings of its traditional counterparts, 匯 and 彙. The traditional 匯 is a phono-semantic compound, combining the water radical 氵 with the phonetic component 淮 within the receptacle radical 匚, originally signifying the confluence of waters. The other traditional form, 彙, depicted a hedgehog and represented collections or categories of similar items. The modern simplified character 汇 uses the water radical 氵 alongside a condensed right-hand component to convey both the physical merging of water streams and the abstract sense of accumulation, whether of items, vocabulary, or financial remittances, thereby uniting the concepts of confluence and collection in a single form.

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款给家人。

Tā huìkuǎn gěi jiārén.

He remits money to his family.

报你的工作。

Qǐng huìbào nǐ de gōngzuò.

Please report your work.

他的词量很大。

Tā de cíhuì liàng hěn dà.

His vocabulary is very large.

率今天有变化。

Huìlǜ jīntiān yǒu biànhuà.

The exchange rate changed today.

我们集了所有数据。

Wǒmen huìjí le suǒyǒu shùjù.

We collected all the data.

两条河流在这里合。

Liǎng tiáo héliú zài zhèlǐ huìhé.

Two rivers converge here.

我们需要总这些信息。

Wǒmen xūyào huìzǒng zhèxiē xìnxī.

We need to summarize this information.

学校举办了一场文艺演。

Xuéxiào jǔbàn le yī chǎng wényì huìyǎn.

The school held a joint artistic performance.