件

See also: 仵, 仟, 任, and 伴

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠲟, 𣴓, 𤞗, 𪁃, 𪜓, 𡋚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		件

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 件
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script 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／会意) : 亻 (“man”) + 牛 (“cow”) – man and cow form a unit.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 件

1. 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

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. 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

See also

• 條／条 (tiáo, “classifier for pants”)

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

件

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kun: くだり (kudari, 件); くだん (kudan, 件)

Compounds

Compounds

• 案(あん)件(けん) (anken)
• 一(いっ)件(けん) (ikken)
• 課(か)税(ぜい)物(ぶっ)件(けん) (kazei bukken)
• 感(かん)覚(かく)与(よ)件(けん) (kankaku yoken)
• 機(き)能(のう)的(てき)要(よう)件(けん) (kinōteki yōken)
• 件(けん)件(けん) (kenken)
• 件(けん)数(すう) (kensū)
• 件(けん)名(めい) (kenmei)
• 後(こう)件(けん) (kōken)
• 構(こう)成(せい)要(よう)件(けん) (kōsei yōken)
• 雑(ざっ)件(けん) (zakken)
• 消(しょう)極(きょく)的(てき)訴(そ)訟(しょう)要(よう)件(けん) (shōkyokuteki soshō yōken)
• 証(しょう)拠(こ)物(ぶっ)件(けん) (shōko bukken)

• 事(じ)件(けん) (jiken)
• 条(じょう)件(けん) (jōken)
• 上(じょう)件(けん) (jōken)
• 人(じん)件(けん) (jinken)
• 人(じん)件(けん)費(ひ) (jinkenhi)
• 前(ぜん)件(けん) (zenken)
• 訴(そ)件(けん) (soken)
• 訴(そ)訟(しょう)要(よう)件(けん) (soshō yōken)
• 尊(そん)号(ごう)一(いっ)件(けん) (songō ikken)
• 大(たい)君(くん)一(いっ)件(けん) (taikun ikken)
• 対(たい)抗(こう)要(よう)件(けん) (taikō yōken)
• 手(て)形(がた)要(よう)件(けん) (tegata yōken)

• 難(なん)件(けん) (nanken)
• 物(ぶっ)件(けん) (bukken)
• 物(ぶっ)件(けん)費(ひ) (bukkenhi)
• 別(べっ)件(けん) (bekken)
• 別(べっ)件(けん)逮(たい)捕(ほ) (bekken taiho)
• 法(ほう)律(りつ)要(よう)件(けん) (hōritsu yōken)
• 本(ほん)件(けん) (honken)
• 柳(やな)川(がわ)一(いっ)件(けん) (yanagawa ikken)
• 用(よう)件(けん) (yōken)
• 要(よう)件(けん) (yōken)
• 与(よ)件(けん) (yoken)
• 立(りっ)件(けん) (rikken)

Noun

件(けん) • (ken) 

1. case
2. matter
3. subject

件(くだん) • (kudan) 

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

件(くだり) • (kudari) 

1. clause, passage, paragraph
2. precedent

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Korean

Hanja

件 (eum 건 (geon))

1. case
2. matter
3. suject
4. example
5. precedent

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Vietnamese

Han character

件: Hán Nôm readings: kiện, kịn, kẹn

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References

• Nom Foundation