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Chinese Text Project
事
U+4E8B
Seal script
Jinwen
Jiaguwen
Jianbo		亊
Alternate form
Semantic variant		叓
Semantic variant		𠭏
Semantic variant

Radical:亅+ 7 strokes = 8 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.357#7 p.358#4 Kangxi: p.85#24 Cihai: p.58r3c02 GSR: 971.a Hanyu: v1,p0023#03
Composition:Component of: 倳 剚 𠡯 𠡸 𠶝 𡸪 𢜝 𣓊 𬭑 𧨴 𠄜 𨧫 𫻋 䭄 𫻐
Mandarin:shì ㄕˋ
Cantonese:si6
Tang reconstruction:*jrhiə̀ jrhiə̀
Shuowen:《史部》事：職也。从史，之省聲。
Guangyun:《廣韻·去聲·志·胾》事：事刄又作剚倳。
《廣韻·去聲·志·事》事：使也，立也，由也，鉏吏切，又側吏切，二。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·亅部·七》事：〔古文〕叓𠭏《唐韻》鉏吏切《集韻》《韻會》仕吏切，𠀤音示。大曰政，小曰事。《廣韻》使也，立也，由也。《釋名》事，偉也。偉立也。凡所立之功也。《書·大禹謨》六府三事允治。又《詩·小雅》三事大夫，莫肯夙夜。《註》三公也。又《詩·大雅》三事就緒。《註》三農之事也。又奉也。《禮·曲禮》年長以倍。則父事之。又營也，治也。《史記·曹參世家》卿大夫以下吏及賓客，見參不事事。又《廣韻》《類篇》𠀤側吏切。事刃，與倳剚同。別見人部倳字註。又《韻補》叶逝支切，音時。《蔡邕詞》帝曰休哉，命公三事。乃耀柔嘉，是式百司。又叶詩紙切，音始。《詩·召南》于以用之，公侯之事。叶沚。又叶疎語切，書上聲。《韓非子·揚權篇》使雞司夜，令狸執鼠。皆用其能，上乃無事。又叶常御切，音樹。《易林》雖慍不去，復職內事。
考證：〔《書·大禹謨》三事正德，利用後生。〕謹按後字誤刊。三事與下文六字亦不連。謹照原文改爲六府三事允治。
Fanqie:側吏 (《廣韻·去聲·志·胾》) 鉏吏 (《廣韻·去聲·志·事》) 側吏 (《廣韻·去聲·志·事》)
Unihan definition:affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

CTP Dictionary


事
shì ㄕˋ (1.1): 官職，職務。 Office, duty.
《韓非子·五蠹》:行義脩則見信，見信則受事。
《說文解字·史部》:事：職也。
shì ㄕˋ (1.2): 職業。 Job, career.
shì ㄕˋ (2): 事情。 Things, affairs.
《論語·子路》:見小利，則大事不成。
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
《孟子·梁惠王上》:齊宣王問曰：「齊桓、晉文之事可得聞乎？」
The king Xuan of Qi asked, saying, 'May I be informed by you of the transactions of Huan of Qi, and Wen of Jin?'
《禮記·大學》:物有本末，事有終始，知所先後，則近道矣。
Things have their root and their branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning.
《詩經·北門》:王事適我、政事一埤益我。
The king's business comes on me, And the affairs of our government in increasing measure.
shì ㄕˋ (3): 事故，變故。 Accident, incident.
《韓非子·五蠹》:是故無事則國富，有事則兵強，此之謂王資。
shì ㄕˋ (4): 從事。 Engage (in), pursue.
《史記·高祖本紀》:常有大度，不事家人生產作業。
《戰國策·謂鄭王》:強國之事不成，猶之厚德我也。
shì ㄕˋ (5): 服侍，侍奉。 Serve.
《墨子·經說上》:侗：二人而俱見是楹也，若事君
They are two men but both see that this is a pillar. Like serving a ruler. The pillar's engendering of the complement is not to be treated as necessary. (?)
《論語·學而》:子夏曰：「賢賢易色，事父母能竭其力，事君能致其身，與朋友交言而有信。」
Zi Xia said, "If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if, in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere"
《孟子·梁惠王下》:惟仁者為能以大事小，是故湯事葛，文王事昆夷。
But it requires a perfectly virtuous prince to be able, with a great country, to serve a small one - as, for instance, Tang served Ge, and king Wen served the Kun barbarians.
《道德經》:治人事天莫若嗇
For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation.
《韓非子·存韓》:韓事秦三十餘年，出則為扞蔽，入則為蓆薦，秦特出銳師取韓地，而隨之怨懸於天下，功歸於強秦
《史記·魏世家》:獻子事晉昭公
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