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件
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piece

HSK 2 N2
Abstract →Numbers
jiàn
ケン
くだん
건
Depicts a person (亻) cutting a cow (牛) into pieces.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 牛 cow =
件 piece
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
牛 Meaning component
niú cow
cow, ox, bull
Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
件
Regular
Modern
Chinese
件 [jiàn]
item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
Japanese
件 くだん 同音

adj-no

  1. usually kana the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the above-mentioned; the aforesaid
  2. usually kana the usual
件 けん 同音
  1. nouncounter matter; affair; case; item; subject
  2. counter counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.
  3. counter counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
件 、 条 、 行 くだり 同音
noun usually kana passage; paragraph
Korean
건 [件]
Bound
case; matter; A bound noun that serves as a unit for counting the number of cases or documents.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
ちょうどその時、件の二人が登校してきた。
Just then the two in question arrived at school.
私はこの件に関しては、あなたに賛成です。
I agree with you on this issue.
死亡事例が19件と全体の20％を超えており、過労死の深刻な実態が浮き彫りになった。
With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.
Japanese Names
件 くだん
Kudan female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
条件 [tiáo​jiàn] #1,702
condition
条件 [tiáo​jiàn] #1,702
condition
事件 [shì​jiàn] #1,083
event
文件 [wén​jiàn] #1,103
document
案件 [àn​jiàn] #1,701
case
软件 [ruǎn​jiàn] #5,726
(computer) software
软件 [ruǎn​jiàn] #5,726
(computer) software
邮件 [yóu​jiàn] #2,106
mail
邮件 [yóu​jiàn] #2,106
mail
证件 [zhèng​jiàn] #4,937
certificate
190 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 事件 [じけん] #716
event
⭐ 条件 [じょうけん] #1,182
condition
⭐ 一件 [いっけん] #4,056
(one) matter
⭐ 用件 [ようけん] #4,179
business
⭐ 無条件 [むじょうけん] #8,035
unconditional
⭐ 案件 [あんけん] #8,679
matter (to discuss)
⭐ 殺人事件 [さつじんじけん] #10,466
murder case
⭐ 物件 [ぶっけん] #12,618
article
⭐ 大事件 [だいじけん] #14,178
major incident
一件落着 [いっけんらくちゃく] #16,804
an issue being settled
190 more items
KOREAN WORDS (14)
사건 #1,556
incident; event; affair; accident; case
물건 #2,591
article; thing; item; goods
무조건 #4,876
being unconditional
요건 #21,708
agenda; important matter
조건 #22,460
condition
본건 #28,601
this case; this agenda
건수 #29,977
number of occurrences
용건 #42,268
business; things to do
문건
official paper
안건
item on the agenda; case
4 more items