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联合会 (lián hé huì) — federation, union (an organization formed by uniting groups)

Definition

联合会 is a formal, written term for an organized federation of groups (e.g. 体育联合会, 工会联合会). Concrete noun; no listed HSK siblings to contrast with.

noun
federationunion (an organization formed by uniting groups)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 联合会。
    Zhè ge lián hé huì dài biǎo le hěn duō xiǎo qǐ yè.
    This federation represents many small businesses.
  • 联合会。
    Tā shì yí gè tǐ yù lián hé huì de zhǔ xí.
    He is the president of a sports federation.
  • 联合会。
    Zhè ge chéng shì lián hé huì zǔ zhī le zhì yuàn zhě huó dòng.
    This city federation organized volunteer activities.

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.

联合join together
联liánconnect合héjoin
联合Coordinate
会huìassociation

联合 means joining together, and 会 names the resulting association.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聯; 联 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聯 combines 耳 (ear) and 絲 (silk); 联 is a simplified form of 聯.

Open 联 →

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

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

Open 合 →

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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