财会 (cái kuài) — finance and accounting

Definition

noun
finance and accounting

Examples

  • 财会。
    Tā zài cái kuài bù mén gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
    He has worked in the finance and accounting department for many years.
  • 财会。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de cái kuài zhì dù fēi cháng yán gé.
    This company's finance and accounting system is very strict.
  • 财会。
    Tā zhèng zài xué xí cái kuài zhuān yè zhī shi.
    She is studying professional knowledge of finance and accounting.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

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

财cáifinance
会huìaccounting

财 stands for finance and 会 stands for accounting, together meaning finance and 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 財; 财 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell
Sound part声符shēngfú
才
才cái財cái
Same sound today

The traditional form 財 has 貝 (shell) next to 才, which gives the sound; the simplified 财 is a later shorthand.

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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.

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