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The kanji 事: meaning, readings and stroke order
事
- Meaning
- thing, matter
- On reading
- ジ ji、ズ* zu
- Kun reading
- こと koto
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 hook
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- việc, chuyện (sự)
- Japanese
- ものごと。できごと。
- Korean
- 일, 것 (사)
- Chinese
- 事情
Readings, words and example sentences
ジ ji · on reading
用事
errand, something to do
用事が あるので 早く 帰ります。
I have something to do, so I will go home early.
こと koto · kun reading
事
thing, matter
大切な 事を 話します。
I will talk about something important.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 事 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 事 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.