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Chinese symbol for “worldview”

世界观
shì jiè guān
Traditional: 世界觀
worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung

The closest CC-CEDICT match for worldview is 世界观 (shì jiè guān), defined as: worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung.

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Characters and stroke order

世 shì
generation, era, age; world
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
界 jiè
boundary, limit; domain; society, the world
radical 102 ⽥ · 9 strokes
观 guān
to observe, to spectate; appearance, view
radical 147 ⾒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 世界观.

WordPinyinMeaning
世界shì jièworld
世纪 (世紀)shì jìcentury
全世界quán shì jièworldwide; entire world
去世qù shìto pass away; to die
世上shì shàngon earth
逝世shì shìto pass away; to die
边界 (邊界)biān jièboundary; border
外界wài jièthe outside world; external
观点 (觀點)guān diǎnpoint of view; viewpoint

See also: Japanese symbol for “worldview”.

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.