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

14 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
accustomed, get used to, become experienced
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1177 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 慣習 【カンシュウ】 custom, convention, common practice, becoming accustomed (to)
  • 慣行 【カンコウ】 customary practice, habit, traditional event
  • 旧慣 【キュウカン】 old customs
  • 購買習慣 【コウバイシュウカン】 buying habit

Kun reading compounds

  • 慣れる 【なれる】 to get used to, to grow accustomed to, to become familiar with, to become skilled in, to become experienced at, to become tame, to become domesticated, to get used to doing
  • 慣らす 【ならす】 to accustom, to train (e.g. one's ear), to tame, to domesticate, to train (an animal)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan4
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • costumbre
  • acostumbrarse
  • acostumbrar

Portuguese

  • acostumado
  • acostuma-se a
  • torna-se experimentado

French

  • avoir l'habitude
  • s'accoutumer
  • coutumes
  • expérience
574 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
668 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
638 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1293 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1756 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
442 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
547 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
915 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
937 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
655 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
827 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
843 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
487 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
624 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
634 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11111 Morohashi
685 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1970 New Nelson (John Haig)
627 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
674 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
786 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1161 2001 Kanji
4k11.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
1-1-13 SKIP code
9708.6 Four corner code
1-20-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6163 Unicode hex code