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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)
On
   カイ   エ
Kun
   to meet
Kun   わせる   あつまる
Name    あい   い
  
⿱  𠆢 () man   say  
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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
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noun
1. company; corporation
2. workplace
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カイ (read as がい) : 106 words FIND ALL
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noun
subsidiary (company)
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エ : 36 words FIND ALL
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noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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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
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noun
witness; observer
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An additional 曾 less common words include 会 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 93 (originally: 87)  Joy o' Kanji : 87  Key to Kanji: 95 

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カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
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