U+4E16 "世" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
世
U+4E16 "世" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a fundamental Chinese character that means "world," "generation," or "epoch," and it is frequently used in compound words across East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Its structure consists of a horizontal line at the top representing a numeral one or a connecting element, combined with a component that suggests a continuous flow of time or lineage, visually conveying the concept of a span or sequence. This character appears in common terms like "世界" meaning "world" and "世紀" meaning "century," making it essential for discussing historical periods, global concepts, and generational relationships in written texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4E16 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 世 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 世 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xB8 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4E16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004E16 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4e16 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A540 |
| kCCCII | 21302D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4560 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4560 |
| kCangjie | PT |
| kCantonese | sai3 |
| kCihaiT | 35.102 |
| kCowles | 3818 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0155.020 |
| kDefinition | generation; world; era |
| kEACC | 21302D |
| kFanqie | 舒制 |
| kFenn | 109B |
| kFennIndex | 454.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4471.7 |
| kGB0 | 4232 |
| kGB1 | 4232 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0339a |
| kHangul | 세:0E |
| kHanYu | 10014.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shì(1238) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10014.060:shì |
| kHKGlyph | 0013 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0155.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10014.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0077.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4A40 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A540 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4024 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5F9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6126 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4560 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4A2F |
| kJapanese | セイ セ よ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:206 |
| kJapaneseKun | YO |
| kJapaneseOn | SE SEI |
| kJis0 | 3204 |
| kKangXi | 0077.110 |
| kKorean | SEY |
| kLau | 2637 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0013 |
| kMandarin | shì |
| kMatthews | 5790 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2615 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006323 |
| kMorohashi | 00031 |
| kNelson | 0084 0095 |
| kPhonetic | 1097 1115 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2632+1.1.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 1.4 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 4.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shì粵sai3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0013 |
| kTang | *shiɛì shiɛì |
| kTGHZ2013 | 336.100:shì |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thế |
| kXerox | 242:114 |
| kXHC1983 | 1050.060:shì |