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Kanji Detail for 件 - "matter, item, affair"

件

  • Meaning

    件 means "matter, item, affair."

    1. Matter - A subject or affair; a case.

    2. Item - A single article; a unit.

    3. Affair - A matter of concern; business.

  • Words using 件

    • 事件 じけん Listen event; affair; incident
    • 条件 じょうけん Listen condition; term; requirement
    • 件数 けんすう Listen number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
    • 本件 ほんけん Listen this matter; this case
    • 人件費 じんけんひ Listen personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost
    • 物件 ぶっけん Listen article; thing; object
    • 要件 ようけん Listen important matter; requirement; requisite
    • 条件付き じょうけんつき Listen conditional; qualified; with conditions attached

  • Four-character idioms with 件

    • 条件反射 じょうけんはんしゃ Listen conditioned reflex
    • 一件落着 いっけんらくちゃく Listen an issue being settled; a case being closed
    • 不祥事件 ふしょうじけん Listen scandal; disgraceful incident; scandalous affair

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    • Verified meaning: matter, item, affair
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くだん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 件

    Given names 件(くだん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    affair; case; matter; item

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    numerary adjunct for article; matter

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    item, matter; component, part; measure word for events

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To divide; to separate items. Such as 物件 (objects), 件頭 (items). Like saying individual items of things. Colloquially, the number of objects is called "so many 件."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kudan(くだん) くだん

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    matter item affair counting word distinguish divide case article business concern deal event incident issue subject topic transaction unit

Sentences including 件

  • He explained the matter to me.

  • I am not concerned with the affair.

  • She dwelled on the matter for a long time.

  • Did you happen to be present when the accident happened?

  • Put the case in the hands of the police.

  • The matter made his name known.

  • You may as well know the truth of the matter.

  • Give me a hand with this case.

  • The police began to look into the matter.

  • The police are looking into the matter.

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