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Questions about the origin and history of Chinese words. Use [glyph-origin] for the origin of characters.
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Why is the 会 in 会计 pronounced kuài?
會 has an entry in 康熙字典 (Kangxi Dictionary):
〔古文〕𣌭㞧𠃐㣛𣥈《唐韻》《集韻》𠀤黃外切，音繪。合也。《易·乾卦》亨者，嘉之會也。《疏》使物嘉美之會聚。《書·禹貢》灉沮會同。《疏》謂二水會合而同。
又《洪範》會其有極。《疏》會，謂集會。《禮·樂記》竹聲濫，濫以立會，會以聚衆。
又《周禮·天官·大宰》大朝覲會同。
又《春官·大宗伯》時見曰會。
又《 …
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What is the etymology and glyph origin of 餵?
餵 and 喂 were different characters. Both of them are so-called 形聲字, which can be roughly translated as meaning-sound character. It means that part of the character is for the meaning, and part of it is …
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