件
件 — Affair
affair, case, matter, item
On’yomiケン (ken)
Kun’yomiくだん (kudan)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 件
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 条件 | じょうけん jouken | condition; term; requirement |
| 件数 | けんすう kensuu | number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc. |
| 人件費 | じんけんひ jinkenhi | personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost |
| 本件 | ほんけん honken | this matter; this case |
| 条件付き | じょうけんつき joukentsuki | conditional; qualified; with conditions attached |
Study notes
件 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #212 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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