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世 — 5 strokes / Radical「一」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 5 strokes / Radical「一」
On
セ・セイせ・せい · se · sei
Kun
よyo
Meaning
world, generation

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Three 十 (ten) joined together. Thirty years marks a change from parent to child, so it means 'world, generation'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセイせいsei世紀せいき時世じせい処世しょせい
Onセせse世界せかい世間せけん出世しゅっせ
Kunよyo世よ世の中よのなか

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 世界せかい

    world

  • 世話せわ

    care, help

More words with this kanji

  • 世界中せかいじゅう
  • 世紀せいき
  • 世襲せしゅう
  • 厭世えんせい
  • 奕世えきせい
  • 遯世とんせい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

世界(せかい)には たくさんの 国(くに)が ある。

There are many countries in the world.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

世界世話世界world話to tal…丁block両both一one七seven与give整arrang…井well正correc…丼bowl生life
CompoundRadicalReading

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