Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
一 (いち) – one
｜ (ぼう) – rod

Henshall Mnemonic: odd world of the thirties' generation

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #135 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 世界   [せかい]
  (n) the world; society; the universe   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 世の中   [よのなか]
  (n) society; the world; the times   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世間   [せけん]
  (n) world; society   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世紀   [せいき]
  (n) century; era   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世話   [せわ]
  (n,vs) looking after; help; aid; assistance   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 中世   [ちゅうせい]
  (n-adv,n-t) Middle Ages; mediaeval times   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 世   [よ]
  (n) world; society; age; generation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• お世辞   [おせじ]
  (n) flattery; compliment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世帯   [せたい]
  (n) household   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世代   [せだい]
  (n) generation; the world; the age   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世論   [せろん]
  (n) public opinion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世論   [よろん]
  (n) public opinion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出世   [しゅっせ]
  (n) promotion; successful career; eminence   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 全世界   [ぜんせかい]
  (n) the whole world   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 新世界   [しんせかい]
  (n) a new world; the New World   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一世   [いっせい]
  (n) a lifetime; a generation; foreign immigrant; Japanese immigrant to USA   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• あの世   [あのよ]
  (n) the other world; world of the dead   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後世   [こうせい]
  (n-adv,n) posterity; future life; life to come   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 二十世紀   [にじっせいき]
  twentieth century   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世界一   [せかいいち]
  (n-adv,n-t) best in the world   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 救世軍   [きゅうせいぐん]
  (n) Salvation Army   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 救世主   [きゅうせいしゅ]
  (n) saviour; messiah   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世界観   [せかいかん]
  (n) world view; outlook on the world   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 第二次世界大戦   [だいにじせかいたいせん]
  (n) World War II   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世界銀行   [せかいぎんこう]
  World Bank   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世界大戦   [せかいたいせん]
  the World War   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世界的   [せかいてき]
  (adj-na) global; international; world-famous   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 二世   [にせい]
  (n) (1) second generation; foreigner of Japanese parentage; (2) junior; (3) two existences; the present and the future; (4) the second (king of the same name)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世紀末   [せいきまつ]
  (n) end of a century   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世銀   [せぎん]
  (n) (abbr) World Bank   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世襲   [せしゅう]
  (n) heredity; heritage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世相   [せそう]
  (n) (1) phase of life; sign of the times; (2) world (social) conditions; society   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 浮世絵   [うきよえ]
  (n) ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in the Edo period)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世話人   [せわにん]
  (n) sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 近世   [きんせい]
  (n) recent times   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 世 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.