# 事 — Occurrence

Frequency rank 16 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 思 (Think), less common than 自 (Self).

- On’yomi: じ、ず
- Kun’yomi: こと
- Radical: 亅 Hook (Kangxi 6)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 8

You enter a room and find several objects skewered through their centers and hanging from hooks.

In words:

- 事 こと — thing,matter,fact,circumstances
- 事故 じこ — accident
- 仕事 しごと — job

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