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会计

kuàijì

accountant

An accountant using an abacus
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Characters in this word

会 huì

Strokes
6
Radical
人 — man, person
Made of
人 man, person 云 cloud
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

计 jì

Strokes
4
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 计

Example phrases

  • 她是会计。 Tā shì kuài jì. She is an accountant.
  • 会计在算账。 Kuài jì zài suàn zhàng. The accountant is doing the accounts.
  • 我学会计。 Wǒ xué kuài jì. I study accounting.

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