Kilo Lingo

件

jiàn

Traditional: 件

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Translation

(measure word for items, matters, clothing)

Word origin

A compound of 人 (rén, person) and 牛 (niú, ox), thought to depict dividing an ox into portions, from which it took on the sense of a single item or piece.

Origin
compound
Root
人 (rén, person) + 牛 (niú, ox)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 件

件

Examples

。

I bought a new piece of clothing.

。

This matter is very important.

李lǐ。

There are several pieces of luggage on the table.

。

He did a good deed.

。

This gift is for you.

件 (jiàn) is a measure word used for individual items, matters and articles of clothing, as in 一件衣服 (an item of clothing) and 一件事 (a matter). It counts discrete things rather than abstract amounts.

Appears in 4 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 件.

事件shì jiànincident, event, affair文件wén jiàndocument, file, paper条件tiáo jiàncondition, requirement, terms案件àn jiàncase, legal case, criminal case

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This word is part of lesson 32.