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会 means 'meet'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 26   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-2    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 5    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 144 words   Used in 1306 words   Used in 2077 names   Component in 6 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カイ   エ
Kun
   あう to meet
Additional readings
Kun    あわせる   あつまる
Name    あい   い
Variants
會  
Components
⿱  𠆢 (人) man  云 say  
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曾 (曽) formerly  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 会 is used 48 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 会 is used 1293 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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カイ : 1122 words FIND ALL
か い し ゃ 0
noun
1. company; corporation
2. workplace
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カイ (read as がい) : 106 words FIND ALL
こ が い し ゃ 2
noun
subsidiary (company)
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エ : 36 words FIND ALL
え 1
noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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あう : 22 words FIND ALL
あ う 1
Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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あい: 7 words. FIND ALL
た ち あ い に ん 0
noun
witness; observer
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An additional 曾 less common words include 会 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 93 (originally: 87)  Joy o' Kanji : 87  Key to Kanji: 95 

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会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
云
ウン    say   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
厶
ム   private
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