Japanese symbol for “affairs”
事務
じむ
Romaji: jimu
office work; clerical work; administration; business
In Japanese, affairs is 事務, read じむ (jimu).
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Meanings
- n office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “affairs”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 用事 | ようじ youji | business; things to do; engagement |
| 事物 | じぶつ jibutsu | things; affairs |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 記事 | きじ kiji | article; news story; report |
| 事業 | じぎょう jigyou | business; enterprise; venture |
| 事故 | じこ jiko | accident; incident; trouble |
| 事実 | じじつ jijitsu | fact; truth; reality |
| 事務所 | じむしょ jimusho | office |
| 勤務 | きんむ kinmu | service; duty; work |
See also: Chinese symbol for “affairs”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.