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世

JLPT N4 SL3 5 strokes Frequency: #135

Meanings

Generation, World, Society, Public

Radicals

一

Decomposition

⿻廿？

Etymology

Pictographic: Three leaves on a branch

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セイ sei

セ se

ソウ sou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

よ yo

Words Using This Kanji

544 words total

Other (20 words)

flattery

世相せそう

social conditions

世帯せたい

household

世直しよなおし

world reformation

世迷言よまいごと

grumbling

世話焼きせわやき

helpful person

先の世さきのよ

previous existence

前世紀ぜんせいき

last century

前の世まえのよ

previous existence

前世生存ぜんせせいぞん

pre-existence

前世ぜんせ

one's previous life

前世界ぜんせかい

prehistoric age

全世界ぜんせかい

the whole world

創世期そうせいき

time of the creation

創世記そうせいき

Genesis (book of the Bible)

創世そうせい

creation of the world

俗世間ぞくせけん

this world

俗世ぞくせ

this world

俗世界ぞくせかい

everyday world

黄金世界おうごんせかい

utopia

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