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召集 (zhào jí) — to convene, to call together

Definition

召集 focuses on calling specific people together (a meeting, a team) — the organizer is in charge. 召开 is used for the meeting/event itself; 集合 is more general 'to gather/assemble'.

verb
to conveneto call together

Examples

  • 召集。
    Zhǔ xí zhào jí le quán tǐ dài biǎo kāi huì.
    The chair convened all representatives for a meeting.
  • 召集。
    Gōng sī jǐn jí zhào jí jì shù rén yuán jiě jué wèn tí.
    The company urgently gathered technical staff to solve the problem.
  • 召集。
    Lǎo shī zhào jí xué shēng dào cāo chǎng jí hé.
    The teacher called the students together on the playground.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

召zhàocall
集jígather

召 means to call and 集 means to bring together; together they describe convening people.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
刀
刀dāo召zhào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape of 召 pairs 口 (mouth), for calling out, with 刀 (knife), which supplies the sound; it originally meant to call out or serve wine.

Open 召 →

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

集 pairs 隹 (bird) with 木 (tree), showing birds on a tree, hence a gathering.

Open 集 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Management

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