Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Kuài Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 119, Entry 06 Pronounced kuài. A broker or middleman, one who brings people together to conduct a transaction. In ancient texts, the character for assembly (huì) was sometimes used as a loanword for this term. According to the commentary on the Biographies of the Money-makers in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), a horse dealer is called a broker. The character for assembly (huì) is also a synonym for broker.