件 — affair, case, matter

けん件 affair

けん

U+4EF6 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #212 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1032 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

affair
case
matter
item

Readings

On'yomi: けん ken
Kun'yomi: くだん kudan

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けん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

件(けん) ken matter 事(じ) 件(けん) jiken incident 条(じょう) 件(けん) jouken condition 物(ぶっ) 件(けん) bukken property 本(ほん) 件(けん) honken this matter 要(よう) 件(けん) youken requirement 案(あん) 件(けん) anken matter 件(けん) 数(すう) kensuu number of cases

Words by frequency and grade

18 words

Each dot is a word containing 件: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 7 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

うし牛 cow #93

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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