世 (shì): meaning and stroke order
世 (shì) means life, age, generation, era, world, lifetime, epoch, descendant, noble, surname Shi.
世
- Simplified
- 世
- Traditional
- 世 (same form)
- Pinyin
- shì
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Stroke order of 世
世
- Shì surname Shi
- shì life; age
- 5 strokes
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Meaning of 世
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shì
- life
- age
- generation
- era
- world
- lifetime
- epoch
- descendant
- noble
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Shì
- surname Shi
Radical and structure
- 世
- Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 5 strokes · built from 廿 and 𠃊
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 世
- 世界 shì jiè world; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 去世 qù shì to pass away; to die
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).