huì
noun #25,015

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 beak; bill (of a bird)
  2. 2 snout; muzzle

Examples

Yīngwǔ yòng huì dǎkāi le jiānguǒ.
The parrot used its beak to open the nut.
Zhèzhǒng niǎo de huì yòu cháng yòu wān.
This bird's beak is long and curved.
Tā méiyǒu zhìhuì de yúdì.
He had no room to put in a word.

Tips

usage
Beyond the literal meaning (beak/snout), appears in the formal phrase 置喙, meaning to intervene or put in one's two cents. 不容置喙 means 'allowing no objection'.

Components

radical
kǒu
mouth
Left - pictograph of an open mouth. As the indexing radical it carries the meaning: a beak is the bird-equivalent of a mouth. Same radical groups with other mouth-and-speech chars: mouth/beak (the more common modern word), lip, lips/kiss, roar.
phonetic
tuàn
to judge; pig
Right supplies the sound - tuàn drifting to huì via an old t/h alternation. Originally pictured a pig's head and snout, which also reinforces the 'snout, muzzle' meaning of . The character is rare; most learners meet only here and in the 易经 judgement texts.

Stroke Order

huì