単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#1,199 most used

件

けん1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

matter; case

ITS KANJI

件affairread けん here6 words ›

HOW IT SOUNDS

Work

IN A SENTENCE

I'll get in touch with you again about this matter.

from Tatoeba · adlnbvrtn

IN OTHER SENTENCES

About that matter, how did it go?

from Tatoeba · arihato

MEANINGS

1

matter; affair; case; item; subject

noun · counter

TANGOYA ASKS

2

counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.

counter

3

counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

counter

SOUNDS THE SAME

兼cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); at the same timeけん · not in tangoya
券ticket; coupon; bondけん · not in tangoya
剣sword; bladeけん腱tendonけん

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#1,199 most used

Written件 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium