Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese · unknown
世
“leaf”
世 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and Japanese and unknownWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Sei.
Meaning & origin
世’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 世 can be written in the Roman alphabet as SEI.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 1
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See also 1
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People named 世
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