KanjiN4Grade 3 · 小38 strokesRadical 亅#18 in newspapers
事 · matter, thing
事 is a kanji meaning matter, thing, fact, business. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ジji
- ズzu
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- ことkoto
- つかうtsukau
- つかえるtsukaeru
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 事 · 36 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 仕事しごと | しごと | work, job, occupation, employment | N5 |
| 大事だいじ | だいじ | important, valuable, serious matter | N4 |
| 用事ようじ | ようじ | business to take care of; tasks; errands | N4 |
| 事務所じむしょ | じむしょ | office | N4 |
| 事こと | こと | thing(s), matter(s), fact | N4 |
| 事故じこ | じこ | accident | N4 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 火事かじ | かじ | fire | N4 |
| 返事へんじ | へんじ | reply, answer | N4 |
| 食事しょくじ | しょくじ | meal | N4 |
| 事件じけん | じけん | event, affair, incident | N3 |
| 事実じじつ | じじつ | fact, truth, reality | N3 |
| 事情じじょう | じじょう | circumstances, situation, reasons | N3 |
| 家事かじ | かじ | household matters; housework (same as 家の仕事 (いえのしごと)) | N3 |
| 記事きじ | きじ | article, news story | N3 |
| 刑事けいじ | けいじ | criminal case, (police) detective | N3 |
| 見事みごと | みごと | splendid, magnificent | N3 |
| 物事ものごと | ものごと | things, everything | N3 |
| 知事ちじ | ちじ | prefectural governor | N3 |
| 出来事できごと | できごと | incident happening, event | N3 |
| 無事ぶじ | ぶじ | safety, peace | N3 |
| お大事におだいじに | おだいじに | Take care of yourself, Take care!, Get well soon | N2 |
| 行事ぎょうじ | ぎょうじ | event, function | N2 |
| 工事こうじ | こうじ | construction work | N2 |
| 人事じんじ | じんじ | human resources, personnel management | N2 |
| 炊事すいじ | すいじ | cooking | N2 |
| 判事はんじ | はんじ | judge, justice | N2 |
| 百科事典ひゃっかじてん | ひゃっかじてん | encyclopedia | N2 |
| 領事りょうじ | りょうじ | consul | N2 |
| 事柄ことがら | ことがら | matter, thing, affair, circumstance | N1 |
| 事業じぎょう | じぎょう | project, enterprise, business | N1 |
| 検事けんじ | けんじ | public prosecutor | N1 |
| 議事堂ぎじどう | ぎじどう | Diet building | N1 |
| 軍事ぐんじ | ぐんじ | military affairs | N1 |
| 事項じこう | じこう | matter(s), item(s), facts | N1 |
| 事前じぜん | じぜん | prior, beforehand, in advance | N1 |
| 従事じゅうじ | じゅうじ | engaging, pursuing, following | N1 |
Example sentence
さあ仕事だ。
さあしごとだ
Let's get down to business.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #216878 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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