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Affair Mr T Item Case Animal 件 ケン

Kanji
Onyomi ケン
Kunyomi くだん
English affair, case, matter, item
Examples 事件(じけん): event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
条件(じょうけん): condition; conditions; term; terms; requirement; requirements
件(けん): (1) matter; case; item (2) counter for cases, matters, etc.
用件(ようけん): business; thing to be done; something that should be perfomed; information that should be conveyed
件(くだん): (1) the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the above-mentioned; the aforesaid (2) the usual
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 5
Frequency 212
Components 人: person
牛: cow
Number of Strokes 6
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 9
Radical Strokes 2
Radical Reading ひと・にんべん・ひとやね
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword affair
Koohii Story 1 Note: this kanji refers to event or case. Current Affair headline: Mr. T has affair with cow. "It´s only animal ´man´ enough for me".
Koohii Story 2 I´m having a hard time keep straight just which animal Mr. T is having an affair with. chamcham´s story made me realize that Mr. T is not having an "affair", he´s having an "heifair." Get it?

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade5, kanjifreq1-250

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