💡
Choosing Mnemonics

Pick the mnemonic story that sticks best for you by clicking its ☆ — there's no wrong choice, and you'll be able to write your own soon. Then press Continue.

jiàn = ji + an4
item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…

How to pronounce 件

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

件 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
rén = r + (e)n2
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
niú = ni + ou2
ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…

Characters with 件 as component

件 is not used as a component in another character.
Loading...

Words with 件

show 202 more
event / happening / incident / CL:個|个[ge4]
document / file / CL:份[fen4]
case / instance / CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3]

Sentences with 件

ǎn
lǎo
sūn
méi
yǒu
jiàn
chèn
shǒu
de
bīng

Want to remember 件 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

jiàn

item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc

Comments
There aren't any comments yet.

Prompt snippets

No snippets yet.