Timeline for Why is the 会 in 会计 pronounced kuài?
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| S Mar 1, 2016 at 23:30 | history | bounty ended | congusbongus | ||
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| Mar 1, 2016 at 5:29 | answer | added | Vibius | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 4:26 | comment | added | hello_harry | There are a lot of characters that have the same writing but different pronunciation, we call them [多音字]zh.wikipedia.org/zh/%E5%A4%9A%E9%9F%B3%E5%AD%97) | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 1:01 | comment | added | Stan | I don't know much about phonetics. This post may be helpful. | |
| S Feb 29, 2016 at 23:29 | history | bounty started | congusbongus | ||
| S Feb 29, 2016 at 23:29 | history | notice added | congusbongus | Reward existing answer | |
| Aug 13, 2014 at 10:35 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackChinese/status/499504409840472064 | ||
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| Aug 13, 2014 at 9:38 | answer | added | billyho | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 13, 2014 at 7:29 | comment | added | Semaphore |
That meaning of 会 developed from its general meaning of 合, "to assemble". 会计 was analogous to 合计, and 会 was also the word for yearly reviews. This sense of handling the accounting numbers eventually developed into a distinct meaning.
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| Aug 13, 2014 at 7:13 | answer | added | Stumpy Joe Pete | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 13, 2014 at 6:33 | answer | added | wuyefeibao | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 13, 2014 at 5:07 | history | asked | congusbongus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |