漢字城 Kanji Fortress

件 matter

Also: case

On'yomi
ケン
Strokes
6
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 5

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
件 is written in 6 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A person standing beside a cow: whose cow is it? That dispute becomes a legal case, the matter everyone argues about.

A common word

  • 事件 じけん incident

Example sentences

  • そのけんはもうおわりました。

    That matter is already settled.

  • このけんについてしゃちょうとはなします。

    I'll talk with the company president about this case.

Kanji that share a part

亻 is its radical. 110 kanji share it in all.

牛 is a component.