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Chinese symbol for “event”

事件
shì jiàn
incident; event

The closest CC-CEDICT match for event is 事件 (shì jiàn), defined as: incident; event.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

事 shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes
件 jiàn
item, matter; component, part; measure word for events
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “event”

WordPinyinMeaning
项目 (項目)xiàng mùitem; project; (sports) event
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
小项 (小項)xiǎo xiàngsmall item; event (of program)
埋点 (埋點)mái diǎn(web analytics) event tracking; event
顶目 (頂目)dǐng mùitem; event

Related words

Other words that share a character with 事件.

WordPinyinMeaning
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
故事gù shìold practice
军事 (軍事)jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military
事实 (事實)shì shífact; 个 (gè)
条件 (條件)tiáo jiàncondition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification
文件wén jiàndocument; file
软件 (軟件)ruǎn jiànsoftware
案件àn jiàncase; instance

See also: Japanese symbol for “event”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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