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Han character
世 (radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 心廿 (PT), four-corner 44717, composition ⿻廿𠃊)
Descendants
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
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (世) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 貰 | *ɦljebs, *hljebs |
| 跇 | *l̥ʰebs, *lebs |
| 迣 | *ʔljebs |
| 世 | *hljebs |
| 泄 | *lebs, *sled |
| 枻 | *lebs |
| 詍 | *lebs |
| 靾 | *lebs |
| 袣 | *lebs |
| 抴 | *lebs, *led |
| 呭 | *lebs |
| 勩 | *lebs, *libs |
| 屜 | *l̥ʰeːbs |
| 鰈 | *l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb |
| 渫 | *zreːb, *sled |
| 煠 | *zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb |
| 喋 | *rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb |
| 鞢 | *rlaːb, *sleːb |
| 殜 | *l'eb, *leb, *lab |
| 葉 | *hljeb, *leb |
| 弽 | *hljeb, *hleːb |
| 韘 | *hljeb, *sleːb |
| 枼 | *leb |
| 楪 | *leb |
| 揲 | *leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed |
| 鍱 | *leb |
| 偞 | *leb, *hleːb |
| 蝶 | *l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb |
| 牒 | *l'eːb |
| 蹀 | *l'eːb |
| 諜 | *l'eːb |
| 堞 | *l'eːb |
| 牃 | *l'eːb |
| 褋 | *l'eːb |
| 惵 | *l'eːb |
| 碟 | *l'eːb |
| 屧 | *sleːb |
| 屟 | *sleːb |
| 紲 | *sled |
| 齛 | *sled |
| 疶 | *sled |
| 緤 | *sled |
| 媟 | *sled |
Pictogram (象形) – three leaves on a branch. The derivative 葉 (OC *hljeb, *leb) refers to the original word.
Etymology
世 (OC *hljebs) is derived from iterative devoicing of 葉 (OC *leb, “leaf”) + *-s suffix, meaning successive foliages of a tree > generations. Compare Tibetan ལོ་མ (lo ma, “leaf”), Western Tibetan ལོབ་མ (lob ma, “leaf”) and Tibetan ལོ (lo, “year”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
世
Compounds
Derived terms from 世
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Japanese
Kanji
世
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 世 |
| よ Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi |
⟨yo2⟩ → /yo/
From Old Japanese, pronunciation is distinct from 夜 (/yo1/, “night, nighttime”).
Change in meaning of 節 (yo), in the sense of the bamboos and reeds bulging at certain intervals.[1]
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Noun
- world, society
- this world, this life
- Synonym: 俗世間 (zoku seken)
- generation, age, era
- lifetime
- Synonym: 一生 (isshō)
- lifespan
- Synonym: 寿命 (jumyō)
- time of year, season
- relationship between a man and a woman
- period of a person leading as a patriarch (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 神世 (kamiyo)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 世 |
| せい Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 世 (MC ɕiᴇiH). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Counter
- generation
- ルパン三世
- Rupan-sansei
- Lupin the Third
- ルパン三世
Suffix
Proper noun
- a female given name.
References
Korean
Hanja
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References
Okinawan
Kanji
世
Compounds
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /juː/
Noun
Derived terms
- アメリカ世 (アメリカゆー, amerikayū): American era or rule over the Okinawan Islands
- 戦世 (いくさゆー, ikusayū): wartime, war era, war period
- 大和世 (やまとぅゆー, yamatuyū): Japanese era or rule over the Okinawan Islands
Vietnamese
Han character
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References
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