世

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 Descendants 1.1.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 References 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Han character

世 (radical 1 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 心廿 (PT), four-corner 4471₇)

1. generation
2. world
3. era

[edit] Descendants

• せ
• セ

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 77, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31
• Dae Jaweon: page 155, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 14, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4E16

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

世 (Yale sai3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

世 (grade 3 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: せ (se), せい (sei)
• Kun: よ (yo)

[edit] Compounds

• 世界 (せかい, sekai)
• 世紀 (せいき, seiki)
• 世辞 (せじ, seji)
• 永世 (えいせい, eisei)
• 救世主 (きゅうせいしゅ, kyūseishu)
• 創世記 (そうせいき, sōseiki)
• 創世期 (そうせいき, sōseiki)
• 新世界 (しんせかい, shinsekai)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

世
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 세 (revised: se, McCune-Reischauer: se)

• Name (hangeul): 인간 (revised: in-gan, McCune-Reischauer: in'gan)

[edit] References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 世

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

世 (pinyin shì (shi4), Wade-Giles shih⁴)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

世 (thế, thá, thé, thể)