事
1. Meaning and Reading
- thing, matter, affair
- Onyomi : じ
- Kunyomi : こと
2. Kanji Explanation
- ⺕ : hand
- 亅 : tool
- 口 : command
From the image of holding a tool (亅) in the hand (⺕) and carrying out tasks according to an order (口), it came to mean ‘matter’, ‘affair’, or ‘event’.
3. Example Words
事
こと
thing, matter
大切な事を話す。
Talk about an important matter.
家事
かじ
housework
家事を手伝う。
Help with housework.