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

What it means

世 goes back to a word meaning “leaf.”

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世’s family of names

In Japanese usage, 世 can be written in the Roman alphabet as SEI.

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世SeiShi

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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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