事 — Chinese character
事
shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 6 ⼅ (Hook)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 一 口 彐 亅
- Japanese
- 事 as a kanji
Common words with 事
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 故事 | gù shì | old practice |
| 故事 | gù shi | narrative; story; tale |
| 军事 (軍事) | jūn shì | military affairs; (attributive) military |
| 事实 (事實) | shì shí | fact; 个 (gè) |
| 事业 (事業) | shì yè | undertaking; project |
| 从事 (從事) | cóng shì | to go for; to engage in |
| 事务 (事務) | shì wù | (political, economic etc) affairs; work |
| 事实上 (事實上) | shì shí shàng | in fact; in reality |
| 事故 | shì gù | accident; 桩 (zhuāng),起 (qǐ),次 (cì) |
| 事物 | shì wù | thing; object |
English words written with 事
事 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 21 · Analects 61 · Art of War 17 · I Ching 11 · Mencius 113 · Zhuangzi 122 · Great Learning 6 · Doctrine of the Mean 15
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 17
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 23
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 30
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 31
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 48
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 52
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