事

Stroke order

Stroke order

事 (Kangxi radical 6, 亅+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十中中弓 (JLLN), four-corner 5000₇, composition ⿻⿱𠮛⺕亅)

See images of 事
(radical 6 + 7)

• 倳, 𠶝, 𢜝, 𣓊, 𧨴, 𨧫(𬭑), 𫻋, 䭄, 𫻐, 剚, 𠡯, 𠄜, 𡸪, 𠡸, 𱠉

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 85, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 241
• Dae Jaweon: page 174, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 23, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E8B

Historical forms of the character 事
Shang		Western Zhou		Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)	Kangxi Dictionary (compiled in Qing)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script	Ming typeface
Oracle bone script j06324 j06325 j06326 j06327 j06328 j06329 j06330 j06331 j06332 j06333 j06334 j06335 j06336 j06337 j06338 j06339 j06340 j06341 j06342 j06343 j06344 j06345 j06346 j06347 j06348 j06349 j06350 j06351 j06352 j06353 j06354 j06355 j06356 j06357 j06358 j06359 j06360 j06361 j06362 j06363 j06364 j06365 j06366 j06367 j06368 j06369 j06370 j06371 j06372 j06373 j06374 j06375 j06376 j06377 j06378 j06379 j06380 j06381 j06382 j06383 j06384 j06385 j06386 j06387 j06388 j06389 j06390 j06391 j06392 j06393 j06394 j06395 j06396 j06397 j06398 j06399 j06400 j06401 j06402 j06403 j06404 j06405 j06406 j06407 j06408 j06409 j06410 j06411 j06412 Bronze inscriptions b04254 b04255 b04256 b04257 b04258 b04259 b04260 b04261 b04262 b04263 b04264 b04265 b04266 b04267 b04268 b04269 b04270 b04271 b04272 b04273 b04274 b04275 b04276 b04277 b04278 b04279 b04280 b04281 b04282 b04283 b04284 b04285 b04286 b04287 b04288 b04289 b04290 b04291 b04292 b04293 b04294 b04295 b04296 b04297 b04298 b04299 b04300 b04301 b04302 b04303 b04304 b04305 b04306 b04307 b04308 b04309 b04310 b04311 b04312 b04313 b04314 b04315 b04316 b04317 b04318 b04319 b04320 b04321 b04322 b04323 b04324 b04325 b04326 b04327 b04328 b04329 b04330 b04331 b04332 b04333 b04334 Small seal script s02204 Transcribed ancient scripts L35597 L35598 L35599 L35600 L35601 L35602 L35603 L19161 L19162 L19163 L19164 L19165 L19166 L19167 L19168 L19169 L19170 L19171 L19172 L19173 L19174
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 又 (“hand”) + 中 (“flag or hunting weapon”) – flag in hand > to perform one's job. Compare 吏. Furthermore, both character are related to 史, which is a variant without the horizontal stroke on top.

Exopassive of 士 (OC *zrɯʔ, “to give or carry out an assignment; to serve”), literally “what has been assigned” (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, based on Gong (2000), STEDT derives it from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-dzas (“thing”), whence Burmese စာ (ca, “thing”) and Tibetan རྫས (rdzas, “thing, object, matter”).

事

1. thing; matter (Classifier: 件 m c; 樁／桩 m; 回 m)

   唔係咩大件事 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔系咩大件事 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ hai⁶ me¹ daai⁶ gin⁶ si⁶

   is not anything terribly important (lit. "is not any sort of large matter")

   到底係咩回事呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   到底系咩回事呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   dou³ dai² hai⁶ me¹ wui⁴ si⁶ aa³?

   What happened? / Exactly what is happening? (lit. "Exactly what matter is it?")

   • 耶和華神對女人說，你作的是什麼事呢？女人說，那蛇引誘我，我就吃了。 [MSC, trad.]
     耶和华神对女人说，你作的是什么事呢？女人说，那蛇引诱我，我就吃了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 2:7

     Yēhéhuá shén duì nǚrén shuō, nǐ zuò de shì shénme shì ne? Nǚrén shuō, nà shé yǐnyòu wǒ, wǒ jiù chī le.

     And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

   • 今日我們傳你來，有遵旨問你的事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     今日我们传你来，有遵旨问你的事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Jīnrì wǒmen chuán nǐ lái, yǒu zūnzhǐ wèn nǐ de shì.

     We called you here today, because we'd like to follow the emperor's order and ask you some things.

2. task; work; job; career

   • 茅盾的一個親戚，想到我在教書的教會學校裡來找事做了。 [MSC, trad.]
     茅盾的一个亲戚，想到我在教书的教会学校里来找事做了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1935 April, 魏金枝, 《再說“賣文”》, in 《文飯小品》, issue 3

     Máo Dùn de yīge qīnqī, xiǎng dào wǒ zài jiāoshū de jiàohuì xuéxiào lǐ lái zhǎo shì zuò le.

     A relative of Mao Dun would like to find work in the Catholic school that I teach at.

3. misfortune; mishap; accident; incident

   惹事  ―  rěshì  ―  to cause trouble

   你冇事就好。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ mou⁵ si⁶ zau⁶ hou².

   I am glad to see that you are fine.

4. responsibility; involvement

   這裡沒你的事。／这里没你的事。  ―  Zhèlǐ méi nǐ de shì.  ―  You have no business here.

   唔關我事㗎／唔关我事㗎 [Cantonese]  ―  m⁴ gwaan¹ ngo⁵ si⁶ gaa³   ―  It has nothing to do with me!

5. (dialectal Hakka, Northern Min, Central Min) speech; words; language

   建甌事／建瓯事 [Northern Min]  ―  Gṳ̿ing-é-dī [Kienning Colloquial Romanized]  ―  Jian'ou dialect

6. (literary) to serve; to attend to someone

   • 李嶠，字巨山，趙州贊皇人。早孤，事母孝。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     李峤，字巨山，赵州赞皇人。早孤，事母孝。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The New Book of Tang, 1060 CE

     Lǐ Qiáo, zì Jùshān, Zhàozhōu Zànhuáng rén. Zǎo gū, shì mǔ xiào.

     Li Qiao, courtesy name Jushan, was a native of Zanhuang, Zhaozhou. His father died when he was young, and he served his mother with filial piety.

   • 讓我愛而不受感戴，讓我事而不受賞賜。 [MSC, trad.]
     让我爱而不受感戴，让我事而不受赏赐。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1930, 倪柝聲 [Watchman Nee], 《讓我愛》

     Ràng wǒ ài ér bù shòu gǎndài, ràng wǒ shì ér bù shòu shǎngcì.

     Let me love and not be respected;
     Let me serve and not be rewarded.

   • 有時走天堂窄路或會有困苦，忠心事主一生都蒙福。 [MSC, trad.]
     有时走天堂窄路或会有困苦，忠心事主一生都蒙福。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1984 , Frank C. Huston, translated by 劉福羣 and 何統雄 , revised by 滕近輝 , 《事主蒙福》 , in 《生命聖詩》 , song #478

     Yǒushí zǒu tiāntáng zhǎilù huò huì yǒu kùnkǔ, zhōngxīn shì Zhǔ yīshēng dōu méngfú.

     Though the pathway to glory may sometimes be drear, You’ll be happy each step of the way.
     Walking on the narrow road to Heaven may sometimes be miserable, You’ll be blessed all your life serving the Lord faithfully.

7. to be engaged in

   不事生產／不事生产  ―  bù shì shēngchǎn  ―  to lead an idle life

8. (Beijing Mandarin, erhua-ed) fussy; pernickety; troublesome

   他這人特事兒。／他这人特事儿。  ―  Tā zhè rén tè shìr.  ―  He is a very fussy person.

9. 27th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "duties" (𝌠)

事

1. Alternative form of 倳 (zì, “to establish”)
2. Alternative form of 剚 (zì, “to stab”)

• “事”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00048

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kan’yō-on: ず (zu, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: こと (koto, 事, Jōyō)、つかう (tsukau, 事う)^{←つかふ (tukafu, 事ふ, historical)}、つかえる (tsukaeru, 事える)^{←つかへる (tukaferu, 事へる, historical)}
• Nanori: ろ (ro)

As an alternative form of 倳 and 剚:

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: さす (sasu, 事す)、たてる (tateru, 事てる)