汇 huì to gather
to gather; to collect; collection; to remit; to converge; to exchange
How to remember 汇: 氵 water + 匚 container = to gather. Rain water drips through the roof, so grandma sets out her biggest container to gather every drop.
Component breakdown
汇 = 氵 water + 匚 container
- 氵 water
- 匚 container
Rain water drips through the roof, so grandma sets out her biggest container to gather every drop.
How it is used
- Bound morpheme spanning three related senses: to converge, to remit money, and currency/vocabulary collections.
- 汇率 huìlǜ "exchange rate" and 外汇 wàihuì "foreign currency/forex" are the standard finance vocabulary; 汇款 huìkuǎn is the verb "to wire/remit money".
- 词汇 cíhuì "vocabulary" uses the "collection" sense - a gathered body of words, not the money sense.
- 汇报 huìbào is a fairly formal verb meaning "to report (to a superior)", used in work contexts: 向领导汇报工作 xiàng lǐngdǎo huìbào gōngzuò, "to report on work to one's boss".