Chinese symbol for “century”
世纪
shì jì
Traditional: 世紀
century
The closest CC-CEDICT match for century is 世纪 (shì jì), defined as: century.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “century”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 世纪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 全世界 | quán shì jiè | worldwide; entire world |
| 去世 | qù shì | to pass away; to die |
| 世上 | shì shàng | on earth |
| 逝世 | shì shì | to pass away; to die |
| 纪念 (紀念) | jì niàn | to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir |
| 纪录 (紀錄) | jì lù | variant of 记录 (jì lù); (Note: In mainland China, 纪录 is preferred for the sense "record (e.g. in sports)". In Taiwan, 紀錄 is generally preferr |
| 年纪 (年紀) | nián jì | age; measure word: 把 (bǎ), 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “century”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.