世子

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (世子)		世	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: shr̀-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzyy
    • Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 世子 士子 釋子 / 释子

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ zi²
    • Yale: sai jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-chú
    • Tâi-lô: sè-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seazuo
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

世子

1. royal highness; crown prince

Synonyms

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• 儲君 / 储君 (chǔjūn)
• 國本 / 国本 (guóběn) (literary)
• 太子 (tàizǐ)
• 春宮 / 春宫 (chūngōng) (literary, metonymically)
• 東宮 / 东宫 (dōnggōng) (literary, metonymically)
• 王儲 / 王储 (wángchǔ)
• 王太子 (wángtàizǐ)
• 皇儲 / 皇储 (huángchǔ)
• 皇嗣 (huángsì)
• 皇太子 (huángtàizǐ)
• 青宮 / 青宫 (literary, metonymically)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世子):

• → Japanese: 世子(せいし) (seishi)
• → Korean: 세자(世子) (seja)
• → Vietnamese: thế tử (世子)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世	子
せい Grade: 3	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 世嗣

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーし [séꜜèshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕi]

Noun

世(せい)子(し) • (seishi) 

1. heir or successor of an important person such as an emperor, lord, or daimyo

Synonyms

• 世継(よつ)ぎ (yotsugi)

References

• “世子”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	子

Noun

世子 • (seja) (hangeul 세자)

1. hanja form^? of 세자 (“crown prince”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	子

Noun

世子

1. chữ Hán form of thế tử (“royal highness; crown prince”)