ChiramiN4 kanji · 8 strokes
事 means thing, matter
事Memory trick
A hand holding up a sign on a stick: a matter, a thing to do.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- matter, thing, fact, business
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) こと koto
こと (koto) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: つかう tsukau, つかえる tsukaeru
From Chinese (onyomi) ジ ji
ジ (ji) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ズ zu
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Common word
人事 じんじ · jinji
personnel affairs, human resources
Built from
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彐 Used in 41 kanji
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What does 事 mean?
Right: 事 means thing, matter.Not quite: 事 means thing, matter.In 人事, which reading does 事 use?
Right. 人事 is read じんじ (jinji): 事 takes ジ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 人事 is read じんじ (jinji): 事 takes ジ, its reading from Chinese.