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互助会 (hù zhù huì) — (noun) mutual aid society; rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA)

Definition

A small group where members pool money regularly and take turns drawing the pot — common in Chinese communities for saving and emergency funds. Use 个 as the measure word.

noun
mutual aid societyrotating savings and credit association (ROSCA)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 互助会，。
    Tā cān jiā le shè qū de hù zhù huì, měi yuè cún yì qiān kuài qián.
    She joined the community mutual aid society and saves 1,000 yuan every month.
  • 互助会，。
    Tōng guò hù zhù huì, tā hěn kuài còu gòu le kāi diàn de zī jīn.
    Through the mutual aid society, she quickly raised enough funds to open a shop.
  • 互助会。
    Zhè ge hù zhù huì bāng zhù le hěn duō xū yào yìng jí zī jīn de jiā tíng.
    This mutual aid society has helped many families in need of emergency funds.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

互助mutual help
互hùmutual助zhùhelp
偏正Modifier + head
会huìassociation

互助会 joins 互助 (mutual help) and 会 (association) for a mutual aid society.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The form 互 is a tooth shape with a distinguishing mark added.

Open 互 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrong arm
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě助zhù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

助 pairs 力, a strong arm, with 且, which gives the sound; the meaning is help with strength.

Open 助 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →
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