世

世 — generation, world, society

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 5
Taught in: School year 3
Frequency: #135 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: せい sei

せ se

そう sou
Kun'yomi: よ yo

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 世

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