世 = 廿 + 一

世 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “generation”. It is built from 廿 (twenty) and 一 (one). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 28. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: generation
RTK frame: 28
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): セイ, セ, ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): よ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: поколение, world
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 世 generation

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 世

How to find 世 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “twenty” + “one”. 世 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 世 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.