音読み: ジ
訓読み: こと
画数: 8
部首: はねぼう（亅）
Meaning
Thing / Matter / Affair / Event
- 事実 — fact
- 記事 — article, news story
- 事業 — business, project
- 事故 — accident
- 行事 — event, function
- 火事 — fire (incident)
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- 家事 — housework
- 議事録 — minutes of a meeting
- 検事 — public prosecutor
- 従事 — engagement, pursuit (of work)
- 食事 — meal
- 事象 — phenomenon, event
- 事情 — circumstances, situation
事 originally referred to recorded facts using the shape of a person holding a writing instrument. Over time, its meaning broadened to cover any "matter" or "affair." It's now widely used in contexts from daily events to serious incidents.