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Animated Stroke Order 事

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How to write 事 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 事

事 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

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事=𠂉tool+口mouth+⺕hand

A hand (⺕) holding a tool (𠂉) to manage affairs — to serve or handle matters.

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 事

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 事

HSK words that contain this character.

事情

shì qing

matter; affair; thing

同事

tóng shì

colleague

故事

gù shi

story; tale; plot

事先

shì xiān

in advance; beforehand

事实

shì shí

fact

事物

shì wù

thing; object

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人事

rén shì

human affairs matters; ways of the world

从事

cóng shì

go in for; devote oneself to; be to engaged in [formal]

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 事 is used in context

tā他

jiǎng讲

le了

yí一

gè个

yǒu有

qù趣

de的

gù故

shì事

。

He told an interesting story.

tā她

zài在

shì事

yè业

shàng上

qǔ取

dé得

le了

hěn

zhè这

jiàn件

shì事

qíng情

hěn很

zhòng重

yào要

。

This matter is very important.

zhè这

shì是

yī一

jiàn件

xiǎo小

shì事

。

This is a small matter.

nà那

jiàn件

shì事

hěn很

zhòng重

yào要

。

That matter is very important.

Information

Pinyinshì

Meaningmatter

Strokes8

Radical亅

Traditional事

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Frequency#18

Zhuyinㄕˋ

UnicodeU+4E8B

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军事

jūn shì

military affairs

HSK 5

事业

shì yè

undertaking; enterprise

事件

shì jiàn

event; incident

事务

shì wù

(political; economic) affairs

事态

shì tài

state of affairs; situation

事故

shì gù

accident; malfunction; fault

事迹

shì jì

deed; achievement

很

dà大

chéng成

gōng功

。

She has achieved great success in her career.

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