Given name & surname · Japanese
世界
“region or part of the world”
世界 (Sekai) is a feminine given name from Middle Chinese, ultimately from Sanskrit. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Sekai.
Meaning & origin
What it means
世界 goes back to Sanskrit लोकधातु, meaning “region or part of the world.”
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Where it comes from
世界 comes from Middle Chinese, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit लोकधातु (“region or part of the world”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
世界’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 世界 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Sekai.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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