Chinese symbol for “world”
世界
shì jiè
world
The closest CC-CEDICT match for world is 世界 (shì jiè), defined as: world.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “world”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世间 (世間) | shì jiān | world; earth |
| 人世 | rén shì | the world; this world |
| 世 | shì | life; age |
| 天地 | tiān dì | heaven and earth; world |
| 五洲 | wǔ zhōu | five continents; the world |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 世界.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世纪 (世紀) | shì jì | century |
| 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 |
| 边界 (邊界) | biān jiè | boundary; border |
| 外界 | wài jiè | the outside world; external |
| 各界 | gè jiè | all walks of life; all social circles |
See also: Japanese symbol for “world”.
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.