世 (shì)
World; generation; lifetime.
How 世 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- ㇗ — N/A
- Traditional
- 世
- Simplified
- 世 (unchanged)
Components
- ㇗ N/A
- 廿 two hands/twenty
Common words using 世
- 世界 shìjiè
- world; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 亂世 luànshì
- the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
- 一生一世 yīshēngyīshì
- a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
- 世上 shìshàng
- on earth
- 世事 shìshì
- affairs of life; things of the world
- 世人 shìrén
- (common) people
- 世俗 shìsú
- profane; secular; worldly
- 世家 shìjiā
- family influential for generations; aristocratic family
- 世故 shìgù
- the ways of the world
- 世界觀 shìjièguān
- worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung
- 世紀 shìjì
- century; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 世間 shìjiān
- world; earth
世 in a sentence
世界上有很多人喜歡喝咖啡。
Shìjiè shàng yǒu hěn duō rén xǐhuān hē kāfēi.
“There are many people in the world who like drinking coffee.”
How common is 世?
世 is the 181st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 53.7% of all running text.
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