Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
generation, world, society, public
Kun:
On:
セイソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
  • 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  • 近世 【キンセイ】 recent past, recent times, early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
  • 創世 【ソウセイ】 creation of the world
  • 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
  • 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  • 夜店 【ヨミセ】 night stall, night shop, night fair
  • 救世 【キュウセイ】 salvation

Kun reading compounds

  • 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
  • 世の中 【よのなか】 society, the world, the times
  • 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
  • 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)

Readings

Japanese names:
とし、 ゆ、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • generación
  • mundo
  • edad

Portuguese

  • geração
  • mundo
  • sociedade
  • pública

French

  • génération
  • monde
  • société
  • public
263 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
344 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
327 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
152 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
95 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
177 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
105 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
335 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
252 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
156 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
13 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4308 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2178 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2932 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
28 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31 Morohashi
3496 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
20 New Nelson (John Haig)
28 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
28 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
81 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
254 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1975 2001 Kanji
0a5.37 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
4-5-4 SKIP code
4-4-2 SKIP code
4471.7 Four corner code
1-32-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e16 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1700 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 忍 【ニン】 endurance, forbearance, patience, self-restraint
  • 忍耐 【ニンタイ】 endurance, perseverance, patience
  • 無生法忍 【ムショウホウニン】 anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)
  • 中忍 【チュウニン】 ninja commander

Kun reading compounds

  • 忍 【しのぶ】 squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii), Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern), color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue), shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle), clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
  • 忍ぶ 【しのぶ】 to conceal oneself, to hide, to endure, to bear, to stand, to put up with
  • 軒忍 【のきしのぶ】 weeping fern (Lepisorus thunbergianus)
  • 立忍 【たちしのぶ】 Japanese claw fern (Onychium japonicum), carrot fern
  • 忍ばせる 【しのばせる】 to conceal, to hide

Readings

Japanese names:
おし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren3
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • resistencia
  • aguante
  • oculto
  • escondido
  • resistir
  • aguantar
  • soportar
  • ocultarse
  • esconderse
  • ir a hurtadillas

Portuguese

  • suporte
  • carregar
  • tolerar
  • esconder
  • ocultar
  • espionar
  • furtivo

French

  • supporter
  • endurer
  • dissimuler
  • cacher
  • secret
  • espion
  • se glisser
  • subrepticement
1677 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1373 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1648 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1060 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1288 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
463 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1414 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1503 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1775 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
771 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2750 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1407 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1899 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
604 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10312P Morohashi
2212 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787 New Nelson (John Haig)
597 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
642 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1122 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3558 2001 Kanji
4k3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
1733.2 Four corner code
1-39-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fcd Unicode hex code