I Love Kanji事
事 – matter, thing, fact
8 strokesTaught in grade 3#18 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary
The kanji 事 means matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジ、ズ (ji, zu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こと、つか.う、つか.える (koto, tsukau, tsukaeru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 亅 (no. 6).
Stroke order
Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.
Readings
| Type | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| On’yomi | ジ | ji |
| On’yomi | ズ | zu |
| Kun’yomi | こと | koto |
| Kun’yomi | つか.う | tsukau |
| Kun’yomi | つか.える | tsukaeru |
A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.
Radical and components
Radical: 亅 (Kangxi radical 6). Components: 一・口・亅・ヨ.
Words using 事
仕事しごとwork事ことthing大事だいじimportant用事ようじbusiness事故じこaccident火事かじfire返事へんじreply食事しょくじmeal (e.g. lunch, dinner)事務所じむしょoffice事件じけんevent事実じじつfact事情じじょうcircumstances家事かじhousework記事きじarticle刑事けいじ(police) detective見事みごとsplendid物事ものごとthings知事ちじprefectural governor無事ぶじsafety出来事できごとoccurrence行事ぎょうじevent工事こうじconstruction work人事じんじhuman affairs炊事すいじcooking
Example sentences
「あなたは仕事が気に入っていると思います」「いやそれどころか、嫌いです」
"I think you like your job." "On the contrary, I hate it."
Kanji with the same radical
Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.