huì

HSK 7-9
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Meaning of 会意

会意 means ideogrammic compound; associative compound; to understand each other's meaning without words; to have a tacit understanding. Pronounced huì yì. HSK 7-9.

  • ideogrammic compound; associative compound
  • to understand each other's meaning without words; to have a tacit understanding

Definitions & Examples

 
xìn
 
shì
diǎn
xíng
de
huì
 

The character '信' is a classic example of an ideogrammic compound.

Liù
shū
zhōng
 
huì
zào
chū
hěn
duō
yǒu
de
 

Among the six methods of character formation, the ideogrammic compound method can create many meaningful characters.

Xué
huì
yǒu
zhù
jiě
hàn
de
zào
yuán
 

Studying ideogrammic compounds helps in understanding the principles of Chinese character formation.