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汇
huì[hui4]Tone 4

to remit, converge, exchange

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匯
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English · to remit, converge, exchange

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Topology:Left-right
Strokes:5
Writing Balance Rule: The left radical (water) is compressed and compact, leaving ample open space for the right component (box/wise element) to balance the overall width.
Simplification Logic: Simplified from 匯 to 汇. The complex traditional right-hand component (匭) was simplified to a simple box enclosing a single line (匚 + 丨), vastly reducing stroke count while retaining visual identity.
1. Meaning

to remit or converge

to collectto exchange moneyriver confluence
Verb / NounFormal / Neutral#finance#geography#movement
Sample Usage
  • 请帮我汇款到这个账号。
    Qǐng bāng wǒ huìkuǎn dào zhège zhànghào.
    Please help me remit money to this account.
  • 两条河在这里汇合。
    Liǎng tiáo hé zài zhèlǐ huìhé.
    The two rivers converge here.
2. Sound
/[xweɪ̯⁵¹]/Tone: 51
汇
huìhui4
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`(51)
=huì
Initial Consonant
h
Type: Velar Fricative
Sounds like: h sound as in 'hat'
Unaspirated
Airflow Tactile Test: Gentle throat friction (like fogging glasses on a cold day).
Tongue & Mouth Position: Back of the tongue approaches the soft palate to produce friction, then drops for the vowel glide.
Final Rhyme
ui
Vowel Group: -i vowel group
Sounds like: -way 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)
4th Tone (High-Falling)
Tone Pitch & Cadence: Tone 4 starts high and plunges down like an abrupt 'No!' or a sharp command.
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Listening trap: Confusing the fourth tone drop with second tone rise. Make sure it starts high and plunges sharply.
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Physical Tone Gesture: A sharp, decisive chop downwards with your hand, mirroring a downward nodding motion or dropping an object from a high shelf to the floor.
3. Writing

Topology: Left-right · Strokes: 5 strokes

Writing Balance Rule: The left radical (water) is compressed and compact, leaving ample open space for the right component (box/wise element) to balance the overall width.

Simplification Logic: Simplified from 匯 to 汇. The complex traditional right-hand component (匭) was simplified to a simple box enclosing a single line (匚 + 丨), vastly reducing stroke count while retaining visual identity.

4. Components

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

Semantic Clue (形旁): 氵 (Indicates rivers flowing together or sending monetary currents (remittance))

Phonetic Clue (声旁): 匭 (original sound: huì)

Water streams (氵) flowing into a box or collection point (匚), representing rivers converging or funds being gathered and remitted.

  • 氵 Water / liquid flows
  • 匚 Box / container for gathering
5. History
Liushu category: Phono-semantic (形声)

Origin: Originally combined water (氵) with a phonetic and container element indicating the gathering or flowing together of streams into a single receptacle.

Semantic Evolution: Shifted from literal river convergence to financial remittance and abstract gathering of information or items.

  • The traditional form 匯 depicts multiple streams flowing into a container.
  • Modern usage heavily emphasizes financial transactions like foreign exchange and bank remittances.
6. Sinosphere
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Sino-Vietnamese
hối
Sắc tone in Vietnamese corresponds to the sharp downward contour of Mandarin Tone 4.
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Kanji (Japanese)
On: カイ (kai) / Kun: あつ.める (atsumeru)
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Hanja (Korean)
회
Sound Shift Bridge: The historical initial consonant and rhyme match cognates across East Asian languages sharing Sinitic roots.
7. Memory
Vivid Mnemonic Story

Water streams (氵) rush together into a collection box (匚) to form a massive fund of money ready for remittance.

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)
绘
huìto paint, drawReplaces water with silk thread (纟) for silk painting.
贿
huìbribeReplaces water with shells/money (贝) for illicit money.
茴
huífennelEnclosed grass (艹) inside a box representing aromatic herbs.
Lookalikes & Traps (形近字)
会(huì)
会 (can/meeting) lacks the water radical entirely, whereas 汇 involves flowing water or money remittances.
8. Mastery
Active Recall Challenge
明天我要去银行[___]款。
Clue: huì
Common Learner Pitfall

Confusing 汇 (huì) with 会 (huì) because they sound identical, forgetting that financial remittances and river confluences require the water radical (汇).

Memory Prompts
Recognition: When you see '汇' with a water radical and a box, what two main ideas should spring to mind?
Production: How do you write the character meaning 'to remit' or 'to converge' starting with a water radical?
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