Character · Time
世
よ yoせけん seken
generation, world
Composition
Origin
Three joined tens (十): thirty years, the span of a generation, hence an age and the world.
In the thoughts
- 世間sekenthe world
Proverbs carrying this character
- 053 旅は道連れ世は情け On a journey, a companion; in life, kindness.
- 146 渡る世間に鬼はない Across the wide world, there are no demons.
- 199 身を浅く思い、世を深く思う Think lightly of yourself, think deeply of the world.
- 273 世間は広いようで狭い The world seems wide, and it is small.
- 291 花の色は移りにけりないたづらに我が身世にふるながめせしまに The color of the flowers has faded, while I watched the long rains fall — and my life go by.