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会计 (kuài jì) — accountant; accounting (the profession or practice)

Definition

会计 (kuàijì) is the profession or person of accounting — an accountant or the field itself. Compare 账户 (zhànghù), which is a specific 'account' (bank or online), not the job.

noun
accountantaccounting (the profession or practice)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 会计。
    Tā shì yì míng kuài jì.
    He is an accountant.
  • 会计。
    Wǒ dǎ suàn yǐ hòu xué xí kuài jì.
    I plan to study accounting in the future.
  • 会计。
    Zhè fèn kuài jì bào gào hěn xiáng xì.
    This accounting report is very detailed.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

会huìaggregate
计jìcalculate

会 means to aggregate and 计 means to calculate; together they describe the work of accounting.

Characters in this word

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 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

Open 计 →
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