世
generation, public, society, world

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セセイソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

よ

Nanori (名乗り)

としゆゆき

Stroke Order

5 / 5

Information

Grade:3
Strokes:5
JLPT:4
Frequency:135

Vocabulary

セ

WordReadingMeaning
世界セカイthe world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; world-renowned; world-famous; realm governed by one Buddha; space
世界一セカイイチbest in the world
世界大戦セカイタイセンworld war
世界的セカイテキworldwide; global; international; universal; world-famous; world-class
世間セケンworld; society; people; the public

セイ

WordReadingMeaning
救世主キュウセイシュsaviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
近世キンセイrecent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
後世コウセイposterity; future generations; future life
世紀セイキcentury; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
世紀末セイキマツend of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse

Other

WordReadingMeaning
お世辞おせじflattery; compliment
出世しゅっせsuccess in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
世の中よのなかsociety; the world; the times
２０世紀にじっせいきtwentieth century
２世にせいnisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); person of Japanese parentage with non-Japanese citizenship; the second (e.g. Edward II); son

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

可
can, do not, mustn't, passable, should not
Grade 5JLPT N/A
再
again, second time, twice
Grade 5JLPT 2
両
both, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), old Japanese coin, two
Grade 3JLPT 3
吏
an official, officer
Grade 8JLPT 1
度
attitude, consider, counter for occurrences, degrees, occurrence, time
Grade 3JLPT 4
革
become serious, leather, reform, skin
Grade 6JLPT 2
豆
beans, midget, pea
Grade 3JLPT 1
乱
disorder, disturb, riot, war
Grade 6JLPT 2
束
bundle, control, govern, manage, ream, sheaf, tie in bundles
Grade 4JLPT 3
何
what
Grade 2JLPT 5