事 means matter
thing, fact, business, reason
A hand raises the flag: time to do the job, the matter at hand.
On'yomi
- ジji
- ズzu
Kun'yomi
- ことkoto
- つか(う)tsukau
- つか(える)tsukaeru
How it's built
- 口mouth
- ⺕hand
- 亅hook
Common words
- 事ことthing; matter
- 工事こうじconstruction work
- 知事ちじprefectural governor
- 万事ばんじall; everything
Through history
Oracle bone
Bronze
Seal- Today