集会
jíhuì · HSK 7
to gather; assembly
🧑🤝🧑 集会 = 集 gather/collect + 会 meeting = a gathering-meeting, i.e. a rally
集 means to gather or collect; 会 means a meeting or assembly. Stacked together they name the event where people collect into one meeting: an assembly or rally.
集 — bird 隹 on top of tree 木
集 is an ideograph showing a bird (隹) perched on a tree (木). The original form depicted three birds gathering on a tree, later simplified to one. From 'birds flocking together' it extended to mean 'gather, collect, assemble,' and by extension 'collection' or 'volume' of writings.
会 — 人 person on top + 云 cloud/say below (simplified from 會)
The traditional form 會 showed a lid over a vessel with contents stacked inside, depicting things coming together — hence 'meet, gather, assemble.' From 'gathering' it extended to 'meeting,' then 'understand' (minds meeting) and 'be able to.' The simplified 会 keeps only a schematic top and bottom.