事 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「亅」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「亅」
- On
- ジ・ズじ・ず · ji · zu
- Kun
- ことkoto
- Meaning
- thing, matter, affair
Stroke order
Origin
A picture of a hand holding a tool (a banner) to do work; it came to mean things and affairs.
Readings and examples
| Onジじji | 事物じぶつ無事ぶじ師事しじ |
|---|---|
| Onズずzu | 好事家こうずか |
| Kunことkoto | 事こと仕事しごと出来事できごと |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 食事しょくじ
a meal
- 用事ようじ
errand, business
- 返事へんじ
- 仕事しごと
- 無事ぶじ
- 事件じけん
- 事務じむ
- 事故じこ
Example
大事な ことを 話す。
I talk about an important matter.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)