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The kanji 世: meaning, readings and stroke order

世

Meaning
world, age
On reading
セイ sei、セ se
Kun reading
よ yo
Strokes
5
Radical
一 one
Level
Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Stroke order of 世, 5 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
thế gian, đời (thế)
Japanese
よのなか。じだい。
Korean
세상, 시대 (세)
Chinese
世界、时代

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading · less common

セ se · on reading

よ yo · kun reading

Practise writing 世 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 世 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.