Read Edit View history 世 shìShì HSK3 generation Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts three leaves on branches of a tree. Remnant from the top part of 枼. Based on the original meaning "leaf", now written as 葉. The meaning later shifted to "generation", since leaves pile up in hundreds much like a generation. Pinyin Separate values with commas shì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 世 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 93, 412 ], [ 159, 395 ], [ 409, 442 ], [ 853, 502 ], [ 897, 494 ], [ 948, 475 ] ], [ [ 461, 720 ], [ 496, 680 ], [ 509, 492 ], [ 507, 321 ], [ 476, 286 ] ], [ [ 661, 757 ], [ 706, 718 ], [ 706, 695 ], [ 673, 348 ], [ 656, 328 ] ], [ [ 480, 267 ], [ 497, 257 ], [ 539, 274 ], [ 622, 293 ], [ 684, 301 ], [ 710, 294 ] ], [ [ 263, 636 ], [ 292, 619 ], [ 307, 596 ], [ 328, 268 ], [ 325, 92 ], [ 375, 90 ], [ 485, 112 ], [ 759, 136 ], [ 837, 118 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 706 457 Q 787 470 929 459 Q 954 458 960 467 Q 967 480 954 493 Q 923 520 876 539 Q 861 545 835 536 Q 772 520 712 508 L 664 500 Q 583 490 530 480 L 485 473 Q 400 463 345 454 L 292 446 Q 288 446 284 445 Q 208 430 96 425 Q 81 425 80 413 Q 80 400 100 386 Q 118 373 151 362 Q 161 358 181 367 Q 223 385 296 395 L 346 407 Q 410 422 486 432 L 531 437 Q 645 452 661 453 L 706 457 Z", "M 486 432 Q 486 323 469 284 C 459 256 554 273 541 300 Q 537 301 535 312 Q 534 372 531 437 L 530 480 Q 523 658 525 681 Q 529 693 517 705 Q 507 714 480 726 Q 461 735 453 728 Q 446 721 454 707 Q 481 665 485 473 L 486 432 Z", "M 691 323 Q 698 392 706 457 L 712 508 Q 721 631 748 720 Q 752 730 733 747 Q 699 768 674 773 Q 658 777 650 769 Q 641 762 649 747 Q 673 708 671 683 Q 670 595 664 500 L 661 453 Q 655 389 649 321 C 646 291 688 293 691 323 Z", "M 469 284 Q 445 263 482 225 Q 483 224 486 222 Q 496 215 511 227 Q 556 266 701 282 Q 722 283 721 293 Q 720 306 695 321 Q 694 322 691 323 L 649 321 Q 622 315 600 311 Q 542 301 541 300 C 512 293 470 285 469 284 Z", "M 345 454 Q 345 464 345 473 Q 341 582 344 604 Q 354 623 335 633 Q 292 652 272 652 Q 260 653 252 645 Q 243 638 258 623 Q 276 604 292 446 L 296 395 Q 314 260 292 129 Q 286 105 277 96 Q 246 66 294 34 Q 310 21 327 37 Q 378 103 731 103 Q 779 104 804 101 Q 849 97 850 118 Q 849 133 815 152 Q 781 171 762 169 Q 728 166 469 125 Q 370 106 362 116 Q 353 123 354 169 Q 355 193 352 249 Q 349 276 346 407 L 345 454 Z" ] } 5 strokes 世 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 85, 416 ], [ 162, 395 ], [ 851, 501 ], [ 958, 482 ] ], [ [ 456, 722 ], [ 494, 687 ], [ 511, 229 ] ], [ [ 650, 762 ], [ 707, 712 ], [ 663, 314 ] ], [ [ 534, 260 ], [ 557, 281 ], [ 715, 299 ] ], [ [ 254, 639 ], [ 309, 600 ], [ 322, 79 ], [ 642, 128 ], [ 845, 124 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M706,457C760,462 833,466 929,459C944,458 956,461 960,467C965,476 962,485 954,493C932,512 906,527 876,539C865,543 852,541 835,536C793,525 752,515 712,508C670,501 680,503 664,500C610,491 565,486 530,480C500,475 500,475 485,473C428,465 381,458 345,453C310,448 310,448 292,446C247,441 170,428 96,425C86,425 80,421 80,413C79,405 84,398 100,386C110,380 128,370 151,362C156,360 170,359 185,363C224,375 263,389 296,395C329,402 329,402 346,405C388,414 435,424 486,431C516,436 516,436 531,438C605,450 649,453 661,453C691,456 691,456 706,457Z", "M486,431C486,413 490,334 493,284C493,268 498,221 512,221C521,222 533,241 533,254C533,269 533,284 533,298C533,338 532,396 531,438C530,466 530,466 530,480C527,600 522,666 525,681C526,690 523,699 517,705C508,713 495,719 480,726C465,733 458,733 453,728C448,724 447,717 454,707C470,679 481,601 485,473C486,445 486,445 486,431Z", "M691,323C695,369 700,414 706,457C710,491 710,491 712,508C721,590 729,661 748,720C750,727 744,739 733,747C709,764 687,770 674,773C660,776 655,774 650,769C644,764 642,759 649,747C680,691 673,643 664,500C662,469 662,469 661,453C658,411 653,367 649,321C647,307 691,309 691,323Z", "M533,254C551,259 604,272 701,282C714,284 721,288 721,293C720,303 706,316 691,323C679,330 663,324 649,321C607,310 565,302 533,298C519,295 519,251 533,254Z", "M345,453C344,500 338,592 344,604C349,618 346,628 335,633C304,648 284,652 272,652C262,653 257,650 252,645C246,640 246,635 258,623C268,612 283,554 292,446C295,412 295,412 296,395C303,306 307,217 292,129C289,113 283,102 277,96C256,76 261,58 294,34C304,28 317,25 327,37C362,80 495,103 731,103C763,104 786,103 804,101C833,98 850,104 850,118C850,128 835,141 815,152C790,166 774,171 762,169C739,167 641,154 469,125C402,114 368,110 362,116C356,122 353,139 354,169C354,252 347,338 346,405C345,437 345,437 345,453Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.