事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
事
=
𠮛
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彐
+
亅
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Sherlock Holmes read a magic scroll in the bathroom of the space station. The scroll promised eternal love to anyone who reads it and wears a pig's nose while doing so, and Sherlock gave it a try. Now he summoned the thing, and he is scared to death! All he has to defend with is a crowbar. However, he never was in danger: Since he is wearing the pig snout, the thing thinks Sherlock is his mommy, and it just wants to cuddle.
事 character breakdown
"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]
Mnemonic symbol: 亅 looks like a crowbar. Zeus (ju) is bored and presses all the buttons next to the elevator kitchen's (e2) door with his crowbar (亅).
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
Mnemonic symbol: the character 彐 looks a bit like a pig snout seen from the side. If you need to type it, remember its pronunciation ji4 by imagining Joan of Arc wearing a fake pig snout in the space station's bathroom and making grunting and squealing sounds.
Characters with 事 as component
Words with 事
lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) / fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge.
the implications are profound / the ramifications are huge / (of a decision etc) consequential