Read Edit View history Discussion 事 shì HSK1 matter Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint The characters 史 (history), 吏 (government official), 使 (cause; use; instruct), and 事 (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand (又) holding a container for writing utensils. 事 and 史 were originally written the same, but later an extra mark was added to distinguish them. Pinyin Separate values with commas shì ×shi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Mark added to distinguish 事 from 史. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 事 Simp strokes 事 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a container for writing utensils. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 事 Simp strokes 事 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 事 Simp strokes 事 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 事 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 150, 693 ], [ 201, 683 ], [ 402, 715 ], [ 781, 749 ], [ 827, 742 ], [ 863, 729 ] ], [ [ 279, 622 ], [ 305, 603 ], [ 315, 585 ], [ 344, 471 ] ], [ [ 329, 622 ], [ 350, 609 ], [ 632, 655 ], [ 656, 645 ], [ 675, 622 ], [ 656, 584 ], [ 629, 566 ] ], [ [ 360, 510 ], [ 370, 503 ], [ 618, 541 ], [ 681, 534 ] ], [ [ 267, 408 ], [ 317, 400 ], [ 418, 421 ], [ 641, 454 ], [ 680, 450 ], [ 707, 416 ], [ 673, 284 ], [ 685, 263 ] ], [ [ 138, 293 ], [ 194, 284 ], [ 370, 313 ], [ 780, 355 ], [ 829, 355 ], [ 894, 338 ] ], [ [ 282, 202 ], [ 312, 195 ], [ 643, 241 ], [ 706, 229 ] ], [ [ 465, 846 ], [ 482, 838 ], [ 511, 803 ], [ 501, 482 ], [ 505, 80 ], [ 499, 49 ], [ 482, 16 ], [ 350, 67 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 535 708 Q 595 714 849 714 Q 870 714 875 723 Q 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