件 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
- On
- ケン
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- matter; case; counter for items
Origin
亻 "person" plus 牛 "cow"; people counting cattle one by one — hence "matter, case, a counter."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ケン | 件数・事件・条件 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 事件じけん
incident; case
- 用件ようけん
business; matter to attend to
Example
その事件を新聞で知った。
I learned about that incident in the newspaper.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)