Today’s #kanji is #件, which is listed under the radical of #にんべん（亻）. It is a compound ideograph made of 人 (a person) and 牛 (a cow/bull). As a cow can easily be distinguished from a person, 件 has the meaning of “distinguishing” or “telling apart.”
Meaning: to distinguish, separate items Reading: ケン、くだり*、くだん*
件数（ケンスウ）: n. the number of cases/items 案件（アンケン）: n. a matter for discussion; a (court) case 一件（イッケン）: n. a case, a matter, an affair, an item (件 can be used as a counter) 事件（ジケン）: n. a mater, an incident, an event, a case 条件（ジョウケン）:n. a term, a condition; an item, a stipulation 物件（ブッケン）: n. a thing, an object, a property 要件（ヨウケン）: n. an important matter; a requirement 用件（ヨウケン）: n. business, a matter, things to be done その件（ケン）: that matter
件（くだり）: n. a passage, a paragraph, a clause
父（ちち）の手紙（てがみ）のその件（くだり）を読（よ）んだときは涙（なみだ）が出（で）た. When I read that passage of my father’s letter, tears came to my eyes.
件（くだん）の: (used like a prenoun adjectival) the fore-mentioned; the … in question
件（くだん）の問題（もんだい）: the issue in question
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23 July, 2022
Today's #kanji is 偶, which is listed under its semantic element of #にんべん（亻）, which s...
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