meet

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 会 conveys meeting or gathering; the verb 会う is read あう.
• Basic usage: 会社, read かいしゃ, means a company, and 会議, read かいぎ, means a meeting; these compounds use かい.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Particles for the person met
  • 友人と会う means to meet with a friend, while 先生に会う means to meet a teacher.
  • The person met can be marked with と or に; a Korean object-particle pattern should not simply be transferred as を.
• Different verbs with the same sound
  • 会う means meeting someone; 合う in 答えが合う means that an answer is correct or matches.
  • Both are read あう, but meeting and matching use different characters.