彙 (huì) - Meaning, Stroke Order & Audio

彙

huì[hui4]Tone 4

collection / converge

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English · collection / converge

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Topology:Top-bottom

Strokes:6

Writing Balance Rule: The top component should be compressed horizontally while the bottom component spreads out to provide a stable base.

Simplification Logic: The traditional character 彙 is complex and was simplified to 汇 by keeping the water-related or gathering semantic elements and streamlining the strokes.

1. Meaning

collection, gathering, or汇 class

to converge or flow togetherremittance (short for 汇款)

Noun / VerbNeutralBound morpheme#grouping#finance#flow

Sample Usage

词汇
cí huì
vocabulary
汇率
huì lǜ
exchange rate

2. Sound

/[xweɪ̯⁵¹]/Tone: 51

彙

huìhui4

`(51)

=huì

Initial Consonant

Type: Velar Fricative

Sounds like: h as in 'hat'

Unaspirated

Airflow Tactile Test: Gentle throat friction (like fogging glasses on a cold day).

Tongue & Mouth Position: Back of throat friction, lips adjust immediately for the rounded glide.

Final Rhyme

Vowel Group: -i vowel group

Sounds like: -ui rhymes with 'way'

Mouth Shape Guide: Pronounce as standalone vowel 'way'.

Common Learner Trap: Keep vowel quality steady across all 4 tone contours.

Abbreviated Rhyme Rule: ui is short for uei

Tone

T4 (51)

5 → 1 (51)

4th Tone (High-Falling)

Tone Pitch & Cadence: Tone 4 starts high and drops abruptly, matching an authoritative command or an emphatic 'No!' in English.

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Listening trap: Often confused with Tone 2 (huí) by beginners who fail to drop the pitch steeply.

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Physical Tone Gesture: Tone 4 is a sharp downward slash, like a karate chop descending quickly from high to low.

3. Writing

Topology: Top-bottom · Strokes: 6 strokes

Writing Balance Rule: The top component should be compressed horizontally while the bottom component spreads out to provide a stable base.

Simplification Logic: The traditional character 彙 is complex and was simplified to 汇 by keeping the water-related or gathering semantic elements and streamlining the strokes.

4. Components

Radical 氵 · Water Radical (Water, liquid, flow)

Semantic Clue (形旁): 氵 (Indicates flowing together like streams meeting in a river)

Phonetic Clue (声旁): 匃 (original sound: hui)

Streams of water (氵) converge into a single pool, representing a collection or gathering.

氵 Water / convergence
匚 Enclosure / box

5. History

Liushu category: Phono-semantic (形声)

Origin: Originally depicted animals or items gathered together, later associated with rivers flowing together into a common basin.

Semantic Evolution: Shifted from literal rivers converging to general collections of items, words (vocabulary), and funds (remittances).

The traditional form 彙 preserves more ancient pictographic elements of hedgehogs or clustered items.

6. Sinosphere

7. Memory

Vivid Mnemonic Story

Drops of water (氵) are gathered into a box (匚) to form a precious collection.

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

会

huìto meet / associationSimplified structure without the water radical.

Lookalikes & Traps (形近字)

会(huì)

会 lacks the water radical (氵) on the left.

8. Mastery

Active Recall Challenge

我們需要學習很多新詞[___]。

Clue: cí huì

Common Learner Pitfall

Confusing 汇 (huì) with 回 (huí) due to similar vowel sounds, ignoring the tone difference and initial consonant.

Memory Prompts

Recognition: When you see 汇, what tone and primary meaning come to mind?

Production: How do you write the character for 'collection' or 'remittance' with 6 strokes?

彙huìcollection / converge

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