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世紀

世紀

See also: 世纪

Chinese

 
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
discipline; age; era; period; order; record
trad. (世紀) 世 紀
simp. (世纪) 世 纪

Noun

世紀

  1. century (period of 100 years)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
世 紀
せい
Grade: 3 		き
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 世紀 ‎(syejH kiX)

Pronunciation

  • On'yomi: Kan'on
  • (Tokyo) せ​いき [séꜜèkì] (Atamadaka - [1])
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːkʲi]
  • Homophones: 正気, 正規, 生気, 生起, 成規, 西紀, 制規, 性器, 青旗, 凄気, 旌旗, 清気, 清奇, 清規, 清暉, 清輝, 盛期, 腥気, 精気, 精機, 精騎

Noun

世紀 ‎(hiragana せいき, romaji seiki)

  1. century (100 years)
    • 1915, 与謝野晶子, 私の貞操観:
      今 (いま)は女 (おんな)の目 (め)の開 (ひら)く世紀 (せいき)である。
      Ima wa onna no me no hiraku seiki de aru.
      This is the century when women open their eyes.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term
世 紀

Noun

世紀 • ‎(segi) ‎(hangeul 세기)

  1. Hanja form? of 세기, “century”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
世 紀

Noun

世紀

  1. Hán tự form of thế kỉ, “century”

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 世 (せい)紀 (き) ‎(seiki, “century”), semantically readapted from Chinese 世紀／世纪.

Pronunciation

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