事 — thing, matter, fact

こと事 thing

こと

U+4E8B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #18 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1240 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

thing
matter
fact
business
reason
possibly

Readings

On'yomi: じ ji
Kun'yomi: こと koto つか tsuka

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こと・ごと koto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

事(こと) koto thing 仕(し) 事(ごと) shigoto work 出(で) 来(き) 事(ごと) dekigoto event 見(み) 事(ごと) migoto splendid 物(もの) 事(ごと) monogoto things 人(ひと) 事(ごと) hitogoto other people's affairs 何(なに) 事(ごと) nanigoto what 仕(し) 事(ごと) 場(ば) shigotoba workplace

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

記(き) 事(じ) kiji article 事(じ) 業(ぎょう) jigyou business 事(じ) 実(じつ) jijitsu fact 大(だい) 事(じ) daiji important 理(り) 事(じ) riji director 工(こう) 事(じ) kouji construction 返(へん) 事(じ) henji reply 事(じ) 前(ぜん) jizen prior

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

他人事(ひとごと) hitogoto other people's affair

Words by frequency and grade

105 words

Each dot is a word containing 事: 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 · 48 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

多事多難四字熟語

many thing, many difficult

事実無根四字熟語

thing truth, nothingness root

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Components

Composed of

くち口 mouth #30

彐 snout

亅 hook

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#6 亅 hook

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Meanings

Readings

word

こと・ごと koto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

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

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

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Components

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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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Readings

word

こと ・ごと koto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

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

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

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.

こと・ごと koto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).