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事
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

matter

HSK 1 N3
Abstract →Miscellaneous
shì
ジ、ズ
こと、つか.う、つか.える
사
The characters 史 (history), 吏 (government official), 使 (cause; use; instruct), and 事 (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand (又) holding a container for writing utensils. 事 and 史 were originally written the same, but later an extra mark was added to distinguish them.
Components
◎ characterless component+ ◎ characterless component+ 又 again =
事 matter
◎
characterless component
Mark added to distinguish 事 from 史.
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts a container for writing utensils.
又 Iconic component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
Depicts a hand.
Notes
Similar Characters
亂 chaos (trad)争 contend (jp)亟 immediately叉 fork叔 uncle史 history夬 parted妻 wife攵 tap殳 weapon or tool爭 contend (trad)爰 lead皮 covering盡 exhausted (trad)聿 writing肀 brush丟 mislay (trad)丢 discard (simp)丹 cinnabar red丽 magnificent (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
事
Regular
Modern
Chinese
事 [shì]
matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]
Japanese
事 、 縡 (old) こと 同音

noun

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

n-suf

  1. usually kana nominalizing suffix
  2. usually kana pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
事 じ 同音
noun Buddhism individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
事 ごと 同音

suffix

  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
「Ｕ．Ｆ．Ｏとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」
"What does U.F.O. stand for?" "It means Unidentified Flying Object, I guess."
彼は居空きとして知られ、日中でも家に忍び込んで貴重品を盗むことで評判となっていた。
He was known as a burglar of houses where occupants are present and had a reputation for sneaking in and stealing valuables even during the day.
Japanese Names
事 こと
Koto given name
事 ことざき
Kotozaki surname
事 つかえ
Tsukae unclassified name
事 つとむ
Tsutomu male given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
事情 [shì​qing] #151
affair
故事 [gù​shì] #510
old practice
事件 [shì​jiàn] #1,083
event
事实 [shì​shí] #644
fact
事实 [shì​shí] #644
fact
事业 [shì​yè] #1,657
undertaking
事业 [shì​yè] #1,657
undertaking
事故 [shì​gù] #1,820
accident
事实上 [shì​shí​shàng] #602
in fact
事实上 [shì​shí​shàng] #602
in fact
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 仕事 [しごと] #194
work
⭐ 大事 [だいじ] #387
important
⭐ 事 [こと] #497
thing
⭐ 事実 [じじつ] #649
fact
⭐ 事件 [じけん] #716
event
⭐ 返事 [へんじ] #726
reply
⭐ 無事 [ぶじ] #745
safety
⭐ 食事 [しょくじ] #795
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
⭐ 事情 [じじょう] #880
circumstances
⭐ 事態 [じたい] #1,176
situation
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KOREAN WORDS (95)
사실 #322
fact
검사 #1,318
prosecutor
사고 #1,504
accident
사건 #1,556
incident; event; affair; accident; case
식사 #2,411
meal
이사 #3,109
director
형사 #4,760
criminal case
사업 #5,490
business
사무실 #6,837
office; place of business; workplace
사전 #8,232
being prior; being beforehand; being preliminary
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