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Stroke Count
8 Strokes
Radical
亅 + 7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings
Kun'yomi: こと、つか.う、つか.える。
On'yomi: ジ。(Go-on Reading)
シ。(Kan-on Reading)
ズ。

Japanese Meaning for 事

Dictionary Entries for 事

koto
kon
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)

ji
noun
  1. individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)

goto
suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...

Stroke Order Diagrams for 事

Construction of Character for 事

Radicals and parts present in 事
» Radical feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
» Part
» Part one, one radical (no.1)
» Part mouth
Origin and construction of 事

Kanji related to 事

  • 使

    調

    沿

Meanings in Other Languages for 事

French
  1. fait, chose, matière, affaire, raison, peut-être
Portuguese
  1. matéria, coisa, fato, negócios, razão, possivelmente
Spanish
  1. cosa, hecho, asunto, acción

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