Entry
  1. Noun

    international language; world language; global lingua franca

    see 国際語

    英語が世界語であることは言うまでもない。
    It goes without saying that English is an international language.
  2. constructed international auxiliary language (e.g. Esperanto)

    see 国際補助語

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Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

generation, world, society, public

Kun
On
セイソウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
135 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

としゆき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2, 4-5-4, 4-4-2, 4-4-4SKIP code
0a5.37The Kanji Dictionary
4471.7Four corner code
1975deroo
4e16Unicode hex code
1-32-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
95Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
20New Nelson (John Haig)
3496New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4308Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2178Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2932Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
28Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
28Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
152A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
335Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
177Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31Morohashi
327A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
252Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
263sakade
105Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
344henshall3
254Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
81crowley
156Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
13Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
28Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
seKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

world, boundary

On
カイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
158 of 2500
Radical
field
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-4SKIP code
5f4.7The Kanji Dictionary
6022.8Four corner code
3654deroo
754cUnicode hex code
1-19-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2998Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3739New Nelson (John Haig)
2563New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3172Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1632Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
251Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
266Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
170A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
967Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
269Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21775Morohashi
240A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
454Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
461Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
170sakade
223Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
260henshall3
320Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
164crowley
157Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.8busy_people
1336Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
257Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jie4Pinyin reading
gyeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

word, speech, language

Kun
かた.るかた.らう
On
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
301 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7a7.6The Kanji Dictionary
0166.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a9eUnicode hex code
1-24-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4374Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5628New Nelson (John Haig)
1543New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1944Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
347Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
274A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2136Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
231Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35533Morohashi
112A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
67Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
209sakade
87Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
124henshall3
231Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
211crowley
154Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1685Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
353Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu3, yu4Pinyin reading
eoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level