The bronze script of character Thing is
Same as
character Official - 吏 (Post 540). In ancient time, this character means official too. Official is the person who do the daily work, the things. So the two characters are from the same origin.
The big seal script of the character is
Same as the character Official.
The small seal script of the character is
Compare it with the small seal script of character Official
The difference is that the middle vertical line of character Thing run though from top to the bottom, that line in character Official - 吏 stops in the top of the hand, middle of the character, indicating to do all things.
The clerical script of the character is
similar to its small seal script.
The pinyin of the character is Shi4.
事 is lower level official, but may be higher than 吏. Besides, 事 is most used for Things now, not the person who execute the Things.
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