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
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
世紀
century
新しい 世紀が はじまりました。
A new century has begun.
セ se · on reading
世界
world
世界の 国を しらべます。
I learn about the countries of the world.
よ yo · kun reading
世
the world, life
世の 中には ふしぎな ことが 多いです。
There are many strange things in the world.
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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.