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Kanji for World
The kanji for “world” is 世, read sei and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
world
The world and the generations that carry it forward.
5 strokes On reading セイ、セ、ソウ (sei, se, sou) Kun reading よ (yo) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: generation, world, society, public
Readings used for names on Nazuke: se, yo
In Japan it appears in about 1,617 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 世: Jose 帆世 · Seth 世寿 · Joseph 恕世風 · Yon 世 · Sena 世七 · Thea 世安 · Theo 世緒 · Yong 世久 · Zane 世音 · Cecil 世詩瑠 · Ethel 恵世瑠 · Hazel 英世瑠 and 68 more
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