A kanji
事
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
- 8 strokes
- Taught in grade 3 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 18 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
ジ、ズ
Kun'yomi
こと、つか.う、つか.える
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 事 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 事 35 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 1 word
JLPT N4 · 8 words
JLPT N3 · 11 words
- 知事ちじprefectural governor
- 記事きじarticle, news story
- 見事みごとsplendid, magnificent
- 事件じけんevent, affair, incident
- 事実じじつfact, truth, reality
- 事情じじょうcircumstances, situation, reasons
- 家事かじhousehold matters; housework (same as 家の仕事 (いえのしごと))
- 刑事けいじcriminal case, (police) detective
- 物事ものごとthings, everything
- 出来事できごとincident happening, event
- 無事ぶじsafety, peace
JLPT N2 · 7 words
JLPT N1 · 8 words
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 事.
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