会 (huì) · can

会 (huì) means “can”. It is made of 人 + 云 and has 6 strokes, and is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 会 into its parts

What 会 is made of

• 人 rén — person
• 云 yún — cloud
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 厶 sī — private

Origin hint: People 人 speaking 云 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

会 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 会

• 开会kāihuìto have a meeting
• 一会儿yīhuìra moment
• 不一会儿bùyīhuìrbefore long
• 机会jīhuìchance
• 那会儿nàhuìrat that time
• 晚会wǎnhuìevening party
• 音乐会yīnyuèhuìconcert
• 会议huìyìmeeting
• 会员huìyuánmember
• 社会shèhuìsociety
• 体会tǐhuìto realize
• 演唱会yǎnchànghuìconcert
• 大会dàhuìgeneral meeting
• 聚会jùhuìparty
• 会计kuàijìaccountant
• 误会wùhuìto misunderstand
• 亚运会YàyùnhuìAsian Games
• 约会yuēhuìdate
• 运动会yùndònghuìsports meet
• 宴会yànhuìbanquet
• 博览会bólǎnhuìexposition
• 会晤huìwùto meet (formally)
• 聚精会神jùjīnghuìshénto concentrate fully
• 领会lǐnghuìto understand
• 省会shěnghuìprovincial capital
• 协会xiéhuìassociation

Also built with 人

• 个gègeneral measure word
• 今jīnmodern
• 介jièagent
• 从cóngfrom
• 仓cānggranary
• 令lìngcommand
• 以yǐwith
• 企qǐto plan a project
• 众zhòngmultitude
• 伞sǎnumbrella
• 余yúsurplus
• 内nèiinside

Quick facts

Questions about 会