Character: 事
Modern (Beijing) reading: shì
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́(h)rǝʔs
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)rǝh
Western Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ǝh
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ǝh
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ɨ̀
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ɨ̀
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ̣(h)ɨ̀
Middle Chinese: ʒ̣ɨ̀
English meaning : assignment, affair, service; to carry out an assignment, serve
Russian meaning[s]: 1) дело; факт; событие, случай; обстоятельство; инцидент, происшествие; 2) работа, занятие, промысел; деловой; заниматься (чем-л.); служба; служить; 3) древн. прислуживать, ухаживать за...; 4) вонзить (нож)
Comments: The word is obviously related to 仕 *ʒ́(h)rǝʔ 'to work; serve, office' q.v.
Radical: 6
Four-angle index: 3303
Karlgren code: 0971 a-c
Shijing occurrences: 13.1_, 40.2, 40.3
