世 — generation, world, society

よ世 generation

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

U+4E16 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #135 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #28 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

generation
world
society
public

word

よ yo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

世(よ) yo world 世(よ) の中(なか) yononaka the world この世(よ) konoyo this world

せ se On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

世(せ) 界(かい) sekai world 世(せ) 代(だい) sedai generation 世(せ) 間(けん) seken world 世(せ) 界(かい) 中(じゅう) sekaijuu all over the world お世(せ) 話(わ) osewa care 世(せ) 話(わ) sewa care 世(せ) 界(かい) 一(いち) sekaiichi best in the world 次(じ) 世(せ) 代(だい) jisedai next generation

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

中(ちゅう) 世(せい) chuusei Middle Ages 後(こう) 世(せい) kousei posterity 世(せい) 紀(き) seiki century 救(きゅう) 世(せい) 主(しゅ) kyuuseishu savior

Appears in idioms

万世一系四字熟語

ten thousand, generation, one, lineage

金の世の中慣用句

the world of money

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

廿 twenty

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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