Hanja Analyzer
事

事 — sa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
일 사
Romanization
sa
English
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
Mandarin
shì
Japanese on'yomi
ジ, ズ, シ
Japanese kun'yomi
こと つか.う つか.える
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#18 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
亊 叓
Radical
亅 (6, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+4E8B

Parts that make up 事

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • ⺕ variant of 彑 돼지 머리짐승의 머리. ⺕ 로도 쓴다
  • 亅 갈고리 궐 아래에서 굽은 갈고리뜻보다 모양을 이루는 획

How 事 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 事 as a ideographic compound involving 又, 中.

Korean example words with 事

  • 범사凡事 Korean gloss: 모든 일
  • 괴사怪事 Korean gloss: 괴상한 일
  • 내사來事 Korean gloss: 장래의 일
  • 사리事理 Korean gloss: 일의 이치
  • 사유事由 Korean gloss: 일의 까닭
  • 사의事意 Korean gloss: 일의 내용
  • 사폐事弊 Korean gloss: 일의 폐단
  • 경사敬事 Korean gloss: 공경하여 섬김
  • 상사常事 Korean gloss: 보통 있는 일
  • 예사例事 Korean gloss: 보통 있는 일
  • 잠사蠶事 Korean gloss: 누에 치는 일
  • 화사禍事 Korean gloss: 좋지 못한 일

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 事

  • 幹事かんじ executive secretary; coordinator; organizer
  • 記事きじ article; news story; report
  • 軍事ぐんじ military affairs
  • 仕事しごと work; job; labor
  • 事業じぎょう business; enterprise; venture
  • 事件じけん event; affair; incident
  • 事故じこ accident; incident; trouble
  • 事実じじつ fact; truth; reality
  • 事情じじょう circumstances; conditions; situation
  • 事務じむ office work; clerical work; administration
  • 知事ちじ prefectural governor
  • 理事りじ director; trustee

Other hanja read “사”

Other hanja with radical 亅

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