【事】(ji, koto/ thing, work, event) Japanese Kanji | JLPT N4

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This time, I will introduce the Kanji character 事.

How to read

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-reading is
・じ　ji

For example,
・火事　かじ　ka-ji
It means fire, conflagration

・家事　かじ　ka-ji
It means housework

・事件　じけん　ji-ken
It means incident, affair

・事故　じこ　ji-ko
It means accident

・事務　じむ　ji-mu
It means office work

・記事　きじ　ki-ji
It means article

・行事　ぎょうじ　gyou-ji
It means event

・事典　じてん　ji-ten
It means cyclopedia
事典と辞典　じてんとじてん　ji-ten to ji-ten
cyclopedia and dictionary

and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next, the kun-reading is
・こと　koto

③ Special reading

Next is a special reading.
But, there is no special reading.

Meanings 

Next is the meaning of the kanji for "事".
・thing
・work
・serve
・event
・incident

Radical

And the radical of this character is 亅　hane-bou
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

There is no family name that uses the kanji character "事", which is widely used in Japan

Personal name

There are no specific well-known personal names using the Kanji for 事

Famous person

Next, I will introduce Japanese celebrities who use the Kanji 事
・田中 刑事　たなかけいじ　Tanaka Keiji
He is a figure skater.

Containing its kanji

Finally, here are some kanji that are similar to 事
・筆　ひつ、ふで　hitsu, fude
It means writing brush

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