世 (Kangxi radical 1,一+4, 5 strokes,cangjie input心廿 (PT),four-corner4471₇,composition⿻廿𠃊)

• 伳,呭,𪣅,𡛶,怈,抴,泄,迣,枻,𬆑,玴,䄁,朑,𤤙,𥅋,𥹑,紲(绁),袣,𦐕,𮎉,𮓽,𬡽,詍,𧺿,跇,𣫸,鉪,靾,齛
• 𢺿,㰥,𦐞,屉,𢇸,𦭓,疶,𬙚,𫢫,笹,髰,枼,𭁫,𬔛,𠁀,𭁯,𧉺,貰(贳),𩊈,屜

• せ(Hiragana character derived fromman'yōgana)
• セ(Katakana character derived fromman'yōgana)

•  Kangxi Dictionary:一部/四畫 on the Chinese Wikisource.

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 77, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31
• Dae Jaweon: page 155, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 14, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4E16

• Pictogram (象形) – threeleaves on a branch. The derivative葉 (OC*hljeb, *leb) refers to the original word.
• Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意):Triplication of十 (“ten”) -thirty, such as a variant form丗. Thirtyyears make onegeneration (thirty times twelve months gives 360 months). Compare廿 (OC*njɯb, “id-2”).

世 (OC*hljebs) is derived from iterative devoicing of葉 (OC*leb, “leaf”) + *-s suffix, meaning successive foliages of a tree > generations. CompareTibetanལོ་མ(lo ma,“leaf”), WesternTibetanལོབ་མ(lob ma,“leaf”) andTibetanལོ(lo,“year”).

世

1. generation

   世代  ― shìdài  ―  generation

   德皇威廉二世  ― déhuáng Wēilián èrshì  ―  Kaiser Wilhelm II

   • 子曰：「如有王者，必世而後仁。」[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     子曰：「如有王者，必世而后仁。」[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: TheAnalects of Confucius,c. 475 – 221BCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Rú yǒu wángzhě, bìshì ér hòu rén.”[Pinyin]

     The Master said, "If a truly royal ruler were to arise, it would still require ageneration, and then virtue would prevail."

2. (literary, or in compounds) for manygenerations; spanning many generations

   世襲／世袭  ― shìxí  ―  to inherit; to succeed

   世仇  ― shìchóu  ―  hereditary enemy

   • 下武維周，世有哲王。三后在天，王配于京。[Pre-Classical Chinese,trad.]
     下武维周，世有哲王。三后在天，王配于京。[Pre-Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: TheClassic of Poetry,c. 11^th – 7^th centuriesBCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

     Xià wǔ wéi Zhōu,shì yǒu zhé wáng. Sān hòu zài tiān, wáng pèi yú jīng.[Pinyin]

     Successors tread in the steps [of their predecessors] in our Zhou;for generations there had been wise kings. The three sovereigns were in heaven; and king [Wu] was their worthy successor in his capital.

3. (in terms of address)longstandingfriendship betweentwofamilies;generations of family friendship

   世伯  ― shìbó  ―  uncle (friend of one's father)

4. lifetime;allone'slife; one'swholelife

   一生一世  ― yīshēngyīshì  ―  all one's life

   下世[Cantonese]  ― haa⁶sai³[Jyutping]  ―  next life

5. era;period;time

   當今之世／当今之世  ― dāngjīn zhīshì  ―  at present; nowadays

   • 鴻荒之世，聖人惡之，是以法始乎伏犠而成乎堯。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     鸿荒之世，圣人恶之，是以法始乎伏犠而成乎尧。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Yang Xiong,Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9CE

     Hónghuāng zhīshì, shèngrén wù zhī, shìyǐ fǎ shǐ hū Fúxī ér chéng hū Yáo.[Pinyin]

     The sages hated the primevaltime. Thus, laws and institutions were established byFuxi and were completed byYao.

6. (geology)epoch(geochronologic unit)

   全新世  ― quánxīnshì  ―  holocene

7. world;people in the world

   世界  ― shìjiè  ―  world

   在世  ― zàishì  ―  alive

   • 世稱東方生之盛也，言不純師，行不純表，其流風、遺書，蔑如也。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     世称东方生之盛也，言不纯师，行不纯表，其流风、遗书，蔑如也。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Yang Xiong,Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9CE

     Shì chēng Dōngfāng shēng zhī shèng yě, yán bù chún shī, xíng bù chún biǎo, qí liúfēng, yíshū, mièrú yě.[Pinyin]

     Theworld lauds the exuberance ofDongfang Shuo's life. But in speaking, he was not sincere enough to be a teacher, and in action, he was not sincere enough to be a role model. The remnants of his writings that are still floating around should be discarded.

   • 1863, “大旨言耶穌爲世之大光照臨萬國也”, in Charles Finney Preston, transl.,《耶穌言行撮要俗話》, Guangzhou:雙門底福音堂,約翰[John] 1:10:

     佢也曾喺世嗻、世係佢所造、世就唔識佢[Cantonese,trad.]
     佢也曾喺世嗻、世系佢所造、世就唔识佢[Cantonese,simp.]

     keoi⁵ jaa⁵ cang⁴ hai²sai³ syu³,sai³ hai⁶ keoi⁵ so² zou⁶,sai³ zau⁶ m⁴ sik¹ keoi⁵[Jyutping]

     He was in theworld, and theworld was made by him, and theworld knew him not.

8. (literary, or in compounds)dynasty;regime

   • 問今是何世，乃不知有漢，無論魏晉。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     问今是何世，乃不知有汉，无论魏晋。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:The Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源記), byTao Yuanming,421 (Wiktionary translation)

     Wèn jīn shì héshì, nǎi bùzhī yǒu Hàn, wúlùn Wèi Jìn.[Pinyin]

     They asked what the currentruling dynasty was. Surprisingly, they had not even heard of the Han, let alone the Wei and the Jin.

   • 爰自麗世之季，及至我朝之初，屢經島夷之陸梁，寺亦焚燬。[Korean Literary Sinitic,trad.]

     From: Former inscription at Gunjasa Temple,Hamyang County, 1684

     원자여세지계^(로) 급지아조지초^(히) 누경도이지육량^(하야) 사역분훼^(라)
     Won ja Yeose ji gye[-ro], geupji ajo ji cho[-hi], nu gyeong doi ji yungnyang[-haya], sa yeok bunhwe[-ra].[Sino-Korean]

     From the end of the Goryeodynasty to the early years of the present dynasty, [the area] suffered repeated incursions by the island savages, and the temple was also burnt and destroyed.

9. (literary, or in compounds)year;age
10. (literary, or in compounds)worldly;profane;secular

    人情世故  ― rénqíngshìgù  ―  ways of the world

11. asurname

• (generation):代 (dài)
• (for many generations):

• (lifetime):

• (era):

• (world):

• (dynasty):

• “世”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on:せ(se,Jōyō)
• Kan-on:せい(sei,Jōyō)
• Kun:よ(yo,世,Jōyō)
• Nanori:とし(toshi)、ゆ(yu)、ゆき(yuki)

⟨yo₂⟩ →/yo/

FromOld 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]

• (Tokyo)よ[yóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• (Tokyo)よ[yò] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key):[jo̞]

世(よ)• (yo) 

1. world,society
2. this world, thislife

   Synonym:俗世間(zoku seken)

3. (archaic)generation,age,era
4. lifetime

   Synonym:一生(isshō)

5. lifespan

   Synonym:寿命(jumyō)

6. time ofyear,season

   Synonyms:時節(jisetsu),時期(jiki),折(ori)

7. relationship between a man and a woman(Can weverify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
8. period of a person leading as apatriarch(Can weverify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

FromMiddle Chinese世 (MC syejH). Thekan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

世(せい)• (-sei) 

1. generation

   ルパン三(さん)世(せい)

   Rupan-sansei

   Lupin theThird

世(せい)• (-sei) 

1. (geology)epoch

世(せい)• (Sei) 

1. a femalegiven name

FromMiddle Chinese世 (MC syejH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[sʰe̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul:[세(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource

世 (eumhun인간(人間)세)

1. hanja form^? of세(“world”)
2. hanja form^? of세(“lineage;generation”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[3]

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

• On (unclassified):し(shi)
• Kun:ゆー(yū,世)

Cognate with mainlandJapanese世(yo).

• IPA^(key):[juː]

世(ゆー) (yū) 

1. age,era,period,time;rule
2. world,society

• アメリカ世(ゆー)(amerika-yū):Americanera or rule over the Okinawan Islands
• 戦(いくさ)世(ゆー)(ikusayū):wartime,warera,warperiod
• 大和(やまとぅ)世(ゆー)(yamatu-yū):Japaneseera or rule over the Okinawan Islands

• “ゆー【世】” inJLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

世:Hán Việt readings:thế
世:Nôm readings:thế,thá,thé,thể

世

1. chữ Hán form ofthế(“(only in compounds)era,time,generation”).

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