IDENTITY
件jiànmeasure word; matter; item
HSK 2Top 100
CORE MEANING
measure word; matter; item
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.measure word for clothes/mattersHSK2
- 2.matterHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 亻person radical (rén)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰亻牛
- person
- gives the sound jiàn (historical)
USAGE
Common words
一件yí jiànone piece
条件tiáojiàncondition
文件wénjiàndocument
Graded examples
这件衣服很好看。Zhè jiàn yīfu hěn hǎokàn.HSK2
This piece of clothing looks great.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A person (亻) dividing a cow (牛) into parts — separate pieces, items.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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