會意 (huìyì) — to grasp the meaning, to catch on (without it being spelled out); noun — (in 六書) the ideographic-compound class of characters

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞

會意 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)

會意＝會＋意

ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄧˋ · huìyì

verb — to grasp the meaning, to catch on (without it being spelled out); noun — (in 六書) the ideographic-compound class of characters

字源 FORM — what the parts do

會to understand, to come to grasp (領會)huì

意meaning, intent (意思)yìthe heart (心) reading the sound (音) beneath the words

會意，領會的會，意思的意。

話沒說完，他心（心）裡已經懂了。

Mid-sentence, the heart (心) under 意 has already read the meaning (意) and caught (會) it.

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