Zi:件

件 [jiàn] 物件 item, thing/article; 部件 parts; 文件 document/file; 条件 term/condition; 事件 incident; (HDZ:) … [móu] 侔: 相等

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):

►gin6 件 M. 【See also 嚿 gau6, gyut6】 for objs. that may be divided into pieces ‖ jau5 saam1 gin6 daan6 gou1 有三件蛋糕 There are three pieces of cake

►²jiàn 件 {A} m. (for articles/items/etc.) ◆b.f. correspondence; paper; document ►¹wénjiàn 文件

The character 件 jiàn ‘item/thing’ combines 亻(人 rén) ‘person’, and 牛 (niú) ‘ox’ (as in 物 ‘thing’); cf. 键/鍵(􂝥).
    Note: 件 (not in received SW texts) was appended to Sòng editions (XX).
    Compare: 键/鍵(􂝥) jiàn ‘cauldron lifting pole; linchpin; door bolt/lock/key; mechanical part/component’ (HDZ).
    Compare: 件 jiàn ← MC /gjanʔ/; 键/鍵(􂝥) jiàn ← MC /gjɑnʔ/gjanʔ/gjan/ (SBGY).
    “[件] The idea is represented by a representative of the two nobler categories, a 亻 man and an 牛 ox; 从人, 从牛, 会意。” —Wieger.
    HDZ: 件 : jiàn : (SW: 分 (XX)) 分, 分别 (桂馥: 大徐所加) (cf. 鍵); (量词); 可一一计算的事物 (配件, 案件, 稿件) • móu : 侔: 相等
 ►references: Guǎngyùn:292.43; Wieger:132c; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.122.3; Mathews:862; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:94.18; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:030.0.06
►components: 亻牛
►Cantonese: gihn-
Shuōwén: 􁖳(侔)
►stroke 件 (... strokes)
►list characters containing 件 as a component
►list words containing 件 (most common words first)
Unicode: U+4EF6
►web links for ‘件’
search web for ‘件’: ►Google ►GT ►Baidu ►Bing ►Yahoo

The Wenlin Zidian (namespace Zi)
URL: https://wenlin.co/wow/Zi:%E4%BB%B6
Refresh this page