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)

 

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(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 史, 吏.

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 [Jyutping]

   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? [Jyutping]

   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. [Pinyin]

     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. [Pinyin]

     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. [Pinyin]

     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. [Jyutping]

   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 [Jyutping]  ―  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. [Pinyin]

     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》 [“Let Me Love and Not Be Respected”]

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

     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 [1986], Frank C. Huston, translated by 劉福羣 [William C. Newbern] and 何統雄 [Richard Ho], revised by 滕近輝 [Philip Teng], 《事主蒙福》 [“It Pays to Serve Jesus”], in 《生命聖詩》 [Hymns of Life], song #478

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

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

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)‎^[1], 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)