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会kuàito reckon accounts
人person · rén
云cloud · yún
Memory aidPeople 人 getting together to talk 云 (云 meant “to say” in old Chinese): to meet, and to know how.
计jìto calculate
讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
十ten · shíSound part
讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.
How to write 会计
会 6 strokes · 计 4 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 会计 (kuàijì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
会计 (kuàijì) means “accountant” or “accountancy”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kuàijì: kuài with a 4th tone, then jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 会计 is written 會計. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kuaiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 会计 from the suggestions. Typing kuaiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
会计 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
会kuài4th tone, falling
