晤 wù to meet
How to remember 晤: 日 sun + 吾 yours truly = to meet. The old professor squints into the sun at the station and calls to his former student "Yours truly has waited ten years to meet you again."
Component breakdown
晤 = 日 sun + 吾 yours truly
- 日 sun
- 吾 yours truly
The old professor squints into the sun at the station and calls to his former student "Yours truly has waited ten years to meet you again."
How it is used
- A formal, often official face-to-face meeting - 会晤 (huìwù), used in diplomatic reports: 两国领导人会晤 (liǎng guó lǐngdǎorén huìwù) the two leaders met.
- Written/news register; for casual meeting use 见面 (jiànmiàn).