Today’s #kanji is #世, which is listed under the radical of #一. Its old form is 卋 which has 3 x 十 and its original meaning was “30 years” which suggested the length of a person’s active/working life. So do you know what 世 means and can you read it?
Meaning: a period, society, generation, etc.
Reading: セ、セイ、よ
世界（セカイ）: the world, the earth, the globe,
世代（セダイ）: a generation
お世辞（おセジ）: an insincere compliment, flattery
世話（セワ）: care, looking after
出世（シュッセ）: promotion, success in life
世紀（セイキ）: a century
近世（キンセイ）: early-modern times
後世（コウセイ）: future generations, posterity, the future
世（よ）の中（なか）: the world, society, life, the times, an age
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