Word Meaning 西安事件

せいあんじけん seianjiken

西安事件 is read as せいあんじけん (seianjiken) and means Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek; December 1936).

Meaning

English

Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek; December 1936)

Reading

Kana

せいあんじけん

Romaji

seianjiken

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 60706 Priority J

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事件

じけん

event

大事件

だいじけん

major incident

殺人事件

さつじんじけん

murder case

四一六事件

しいちろくじけん

April 16 incident (arrests of communists and members of other anti-government groups; 1929)

民事事件

みんじじけん

civil case

小事件

しょうじけん

minor incident

不正事件

ふせいじけん

scandal

226事件

ににろくじけん

February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936)

911事件

きゅういちいちじけん

September 11 attacks