聚餐
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
聚餐 (jùcān) · to have a meal together
聚餐 (jùcān) means “to have a meal together; group dinner”. It is written with 2 characters: 聚 (to gather) + 餐 (to eat). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 聚餐 is built
The characters
聚 jù · to gather
What 聚 is made of
- 取qǔ — to take
- 耳ěr — ear
- 二 — two strokes
- 又yòu — and
- 耳ěr — ear
- 乑yín — to stand side by side
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: People standing side-by-side 乑, hand-to-ear 取 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
餐 cān · to eat
What 餐 is made of
- 歺è — evil
- ⺊ — structural part
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丶 — dot
- ⺊ — structural part
- 又yòu — (once) again
- 食shí — food
- 人rén — person
- 良liáng — good
- 丶 — dot
- 艮gěn — blunt
Origin hint: food (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
周末我们班要聚餐。Zhōumò wǒmen bān yào jùcān.Our class is having a dinner together this weekend.
今天公司聚餐，我晚点回家。Jīntiān gōngsī jùcān, wǒ wǎn diǎn huíjiā.There's a company dinner today, so I'll be home late.
Questions about 聚餐
What does 聚餐 mean?
聚餐 (jùcān) means “to have a meal together; group dinner”.
How do you pronounce 聚餐?
聚餐 is pronounced jùcān.
Which HSK level is 聚餐?
聚餐 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 聚会jùhuìparty
- 聚精会神jùjīnghuìshénto concentrate fully
- 凝聚níngjùto gather
- 聚jùto gather
- 快餐kuàicānfast food
- 晚餐wǎncāndinner
- 午餐wǔcānlunch
- 西餐xīcānWestern food
- 早餐zǎocānbreakfast
- 中餐zhōngcānChinese food
Learn 聚餐 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 42: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.