Chinese symbol for “incident”
事件
shì jiàn
incident; event
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incident is 事件 (shì jiàn), defined as: incident; event.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “incident”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事变 (事變) | shì biàn | incident; unforeseen event |
| 案 | àn | (legal) case; incident |
| 插曲 | chā qǔ | music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music |
| 事端 | shì duān | disturbance; incident |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 事件.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 故事 | gù shì | old practice |
| 军事 (軍事) | jūn shì | military affairs; (attributive) military |
| 事实 (事實) | shì shí | fact; 个 (gè) |
| 条件 (條件) | tiáo jiàn | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification |
| 文件 | wén jiàn | document; file |
| 软件 (軟件) | ruǎn jiàn | software |
| 案件 | àn jiàn | case; instance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incident”.
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.