件

See also: 仵, 仟, 任, and 伴
件 U+4EF6, 件
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EF6
← 仵
[U+4EF5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 价 →
[U+4EF7]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

件 (radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人竹手 (OHQ), four-corner 25200, composition ⿰亻牛)

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 94, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 410
  • Dae Jaweon: page 200, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 122, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4EF6

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 件

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 件
Small seal script

s05909

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 亻 (“man”) + 牛 (“cow”) – man and cow form a unit.

Pronunciation
Note:
  • kiǎⁿ/kiāⁿ - vernacular;
  • kiǎn/kiān - literary.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 件
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕian⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡ɕian⁵³/
Tianjin /t͡ɕian⁵³/
Jinan /t͡ɕiã²¹/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕian³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiã⁴⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕiã²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕian¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕiɛ̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕian²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡ɕiɛn³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕian¹³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕian²¹³/
Kunming /t͡ɕiɛ̃²¹²/
Nanjing /t͡ɕien⁴⁴/
Hefei /t͡ɕiĩ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕie⁴⁵/
Pingyao /t͡ɕie̞³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡ɕie⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /d͡ʑi²³/
Suzhou /d͡ʑiɪ³¹/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑiẽ̞¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡ʑi³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕie³⁵/ 一～衣裳
/t͡ɕʰie³⁵/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰiɛ²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕiẽ⁵⁵/
/t͡ɕiẽ¹¹/
Xiangtan /d͡ʑiẽ²¹/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹/
Hakka Meixian /kʰian⁵³/
Taoyuan /kʰien⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kin²²/
Nanning /kin²²/
Hong Kong /kin²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kian²²/
/kiã²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kyɔŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kiã³⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /kin³³/
Rime
Character 件
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 仙 (79)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 其輦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡˠiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gianX/
Li
Rong		 /ɡjɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiàn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 件
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]r[a][n]ʔ/ (no pre-Qín exx?)
English item

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 件
Reading # 1/1
No. 6183
Phonetic
component		 件
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 件
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡranʔ/
Notes 見漢印

Definitions

件

  1. document; letter
    文件  ―  wénjiàn  ―  document, file
    郵件 / 邮件  ―  yóujiàn  ―  mail
    信件  ―  xìnjiàn  ―  letter
    證件 / 证件  ―  zhèngjiàn  ―  certificate, document, ID
  2. item; component
    部件  ―  bùjiàn  ―  parts, components
    零件  ―  língjiàn  ―  part, component
    備件 / 备件  ―  bèijiàn  ―  spare part
    軟件 / 软件  ―  ruǎnjiàn  ―  software
  3. Classifier for things which can be numerically counted, such as pieces of luggage, clothes, events: piece
    一件東西 / 一件东西  ―  yī jiàn dōngxi  ―  a thing
    一件嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 gin6 je5 [Jyutping]  ―  a thing
    一件襯衫 / 一件衬衫  ―  yī jiàn chènshān  ―  a shirt

See also
  • 條／条 (tiáo, “classifier for pants”)

Compounds
Derived terms from 件

Japanese

Kanji
件

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings
  • Go-on: げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
  • Kun: くだり (kudari, 件); くだん (kudan, 件)

Compounds
Compounds
  • 案 (あん)件 (けん) (anken)
  • 一 (いっ)件 (けん) (ikken)
  • 課 (か)税 (ぜい)物 (ぶっ)件 (けん) (kazei bukken)
  • 感 (かん)覚 (かく)与 (よ)件 (けん) (kankaku yoken)
  • 機 (き)能 (のう)的 (てき)要 (よう)件 (けん) (kinōteki yōken)
  • 件 (けん)件 (けん) (kenken)
  • 件 (けん)数 (すう) (kensū)
  • 件 (けん)名 (めい) (kenmei)
  • 後 (こう)件 (けん) (kōken)
  • 構 (こう)成 (せい)要 (よう)件 (けん) (kōsei yōken)
  • 雑 (ざっ)件 (けん) (zakken)
  • 消 (しょう)極 (きょく)的 (てき)訴 (そ)訟 (しょう)要 (よう)件 (けん) (shōkyokuteki soshō yōken)
  • 証 (しょう)拠 (こ)物 (ぶっ)件 (けん) (shōko bukken)
  • 事 (じ)件 (けん) (jiken)
  • 条 (じょう)件 (けん) (jōken)
  • 上 (じょう)件 (けん) (jōken)
  • 人 (じん)件 (けん) (jinken)
  • 人 (じん)件 (けん)費 (ひ) (jinkenhi)
  • 前 (ぜん)件 (けん) (zenken)
  • 訴 (そ)件 (けん) (soken)
  • 訴 (そ)訟 (しょう)要 (よう)件 (けん) (soshō yōken)
  • 尊 (そん)号 (ごう)一 (いっ)件 (けん) (songō ikken)
  • 大 (たい)君 (くん)一 (いっ)件 (けん) (taikun ikken)
  • 対 (たい)抗 (こう)要 (よう)件 (けん) (taikō yōken)
  • 手 (て)形 (がた)要 (よう)件 (けん) (tegata yōken)
  • 難 (なん)件 (けん) (nanken)
  • 物 (ぶっ)件 (けん) (bukken)
  • 物 (ぶっ)件 (けん)費 (ひ) (bukkenhi)
  • 別 (べっ)件 (けん) (bekken)
  • 別 (べっ)件 (けん)逮 (たい)捕 (ほ) (bekken taiho)
  • 法 (ほう)律 (りつ)要 (よう)件 (けん) (hōritsu yōken)
  • 本 (ほん)件 (けん) (honken)
  • 柳 (やな)川 (がわ)一 (いっ)件 (けん) (yanagawa ikken)
  • 用 (よう)件 (けん) (yōken)
  • 要 (よう)件 (けん) (yōken)
  • 与 (よ)件 (けん) (yoken)
  • 立 (りっ)件 (けん) (rikken)

Noun

件 (hiragana けん, rōmaji ken)

  1. case
  2. matter
  3. subject

件 (hiragana くだん, rōmaji kudan)

  1. example
  2. precedent
    件 (くだん)の
    kudan no
    the ... in question; the said ...
    件 (くだん)の人 (ひと)
    kudan no hito
    the person in question; the said person
  3. kudan; half-human, half-ox mythical creature

件 (hiragana くだり, rōmaji kudari)

  1. clause, passage, paragraph
  2. precedent (see 件[くだん] [2])

Korean

Hanja

件 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

件 (kiện, kịn, kẹn)

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References
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