件

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See also: 仵, 仟, 任, and 伴
件 U+4EF6, 件
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF6
← 仵
[U+4EF5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 价 →
[U+4EF7]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character[edit]

件 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹手 (OHQ), four-corner 25200, composition ⿰亻牛)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 94, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 410
  • Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 122, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4EF6

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 件
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
件-seal.svg
Small seal script
ACC-s05909.svg

s05909

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): 人 (“man”) + 牛 (“cow”).

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
 件

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • kiāⁿ/kiǎⁿ - vernacular;
  • kiān/kiǎn - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 件
    Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕian⁵¹/
    Harbin /t͡ɕian⁵³/
    Tianjin /t͡ɕian⁵³/
    Jinan /t͡ɕiã²¹/
    Qingdao /t͡ɕiã⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /t͡ɕian³¹²/
    Xi'an /t͡ɕiã⁴⁴/
    Xining /t͡ɕiã²¹³/
    Yinchuan /t͡ɕian¹³/
    Lanzhou /t͡ɕiɛ̃n¹³/
    Ürümqi /t͡ɕian²¹³/
    Wuhan /t͡ɕiɛn³⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡ɕian¹³/
    Guiyang /t͡ɕian²¹³/
    Kunming /t͡ɕiɛ̃²¹²/
    Nanjing /t͡ɕien⁴⁴/
    Hefei /t͡ɕiĩ⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕie⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /t͡ɕie̞³⁵/
    Hohhot /t͡ɕie⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /d͡ʑi²³/
    Suzhou /d͡ʑiɪ³¹/
    Hangzhou /d͡ʑiẽ̞¹³/
    Wenzhou /d͡ʑi³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕie³⁵/ 一～衣裳
    /t͡ɕʰie³⁵/
    Tunxi /t͡ɕʰiɛ²⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕiẽ⁵⁵/
    /t͡ɕiẽ¹¹/
    Xiangtan /d͡ʑiẽ²¹/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹/
    Hakka Meixian /kʰian⁵³/
    Taoyuan /kʰien⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /kin²²/
    Nanning /kin²²/
    Hong Kong /kin²²/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kian²²/
    /kiã²²/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kyɔŋ²⁴²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kiŋ⁴⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /kiã³⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /kin³³/
    Rime
    Character 件
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 群 (30)
    Final (韻) 仙 (79)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) Chongniu III
    Fanqie 其輦切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɡˠiᴇnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɡᵚiɛnX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɡiænX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/gianX/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɡjɛnX/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɡĭɛnX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/gi̯ɛnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gin6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 件
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jiàn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ gjenX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[ɡ]r[a][n]ʔ/ (no pre-Qín exx?)
    English item

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 件
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 6183
    Phonetic
    component         		件
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		件
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡranʔ/
    Notes 見漢印

    Definitions[edit]

    件

    1. (literary) to separate; to distinguish
    2. item; component
      部件  ―  bùjiàn  ―  parts, components
      零件  ―  língjiàn  ―  part, component
      備件 / 备件  ―  bèijiàn  ―  spare part
      軟件 / 软件  ―  ruǎnjiàn  ―  software
    3. document; letter
      文件  ―  wénjiàn  ―  document, file
      郵件 / 邮件  ―  yóujiàn  ―  mail
      信件  ―  xìnjiàn  ―  letter
      證件 / 证件  ―  zhèngjiàn  ―  certificate, document, ID
    4. Classifier for things which can be numerically counted, such as pieces of luggage, clothes, events: piece
      一件東西 / 一件东西  ―  yī jiàn dōngxi  ―  a thing
      一件嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 gin6 je5 [Jyutping]  ―  a thing
      一件襯衫 / 一件衬衫  ―  yī jiàn chènshān  ―  a shirt
    5. A surname​.
    See also[edit]
    • 條／条 (tiáo, “classifier for pants”)

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 件

    Etymology 2[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of 件 – see 侔 (“to match; to equal; matching; equal; etc.”).
    (This character, 件, is a variant form of 侔.)

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    件

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    件(けん) • (ken) 

    1. case
    2. matter
    3. subject
      肉(にく)の件(けん)
      niku no ken
      about the meat; on the subject of meat
    4. (informal, always modified with a verb phrase) incident; happening
      買(か)ってしまった件(けん)
      katteshimatta ken
      how I accidentally bought it
      知(し)らない間(あいだ)に増(ふ)えてる件(けん)
      shiranai aida ni fueteru ken
      how it's been increasing and I didn't know

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    件(くだん) • (kudan) 

    Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ja
    1. example
    2. precedent
      件(くだん)の
      kudan no
      the ... in question; the said ...
      件(くだん)の人(ひと)
      kudan no hito
      the person in question; the said person
    3. kudan; half-human, half-ox mythical creature

    Etymology 3[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    件(くだり) • (kudari) 

    1. clause, passage, paragraph
    2. precedent

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    件 (eumhun 물건 건 (mulgeon geon))

    1. Hanja form? of 건 (“case”).
    2. Hanja form? of 건 (“matter”).
    3. Hanja form? of 건 (“subject”).
    4. Hanja form? of 건 (“example”).
    5. Hanja form? of 건 (“precedent”).

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    件: Hán Nôm readings: kiện, kịn, kẹn

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    References[edit]

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