How to Write 浍 (huì) — Meaning “Hui (used in river and place names)”

Imagine a meeting (会) of many small streams that gather to form a river (氵). The picture of water flowing together into a single channel can help you recall that 浍 is a river name. You can also remember that the sound 'hui' is like 'hui' in 'Hui River,' which is a real place in China.

Write the water radical 氵 first as three dots, then write 会: start with the top 'person' component (人), then the middle horizontal stroke, and finally the bottom 云 (cloud) part. A common mistake is making the water radical too big or not aligning it with the right side; keep the left side narrow and the right side balanced. Also, ensure the bottom of 会 is written as 云, not 去 or another shape.

浍 (huì) is a river name character with the water radical, while 㳄 is a rare character that originally meant 'saliva' and is not used in modern Chinese. 汧 (qiān) is also a river name, referring to the Qian River, and its right side is 开 (kāi), not 会. Visually, 浍 has a 'meeting' component on the right, whereas 汧 has an 'open' component, and 㳄 looks like a different arrangement of water and a mouth-like shape.

浍 is almost exclusively used in geographical place names, especially for the Huì River (浍河) in Anhui Province, China. You will rarely see it outside of maps, local history, or classical texts mentioning that river. It is not part of common vocabulary or the HSK exam, so it is mainly studied as a specialized character for Chinese geography.

Common words containing 浍 include: 浍河 (huì hé) — Hui River (Huihe); 浍水 (huì shuǐ) — Hui River (Huishui); 浍南 (huì nán) — Huinan (a place name).