EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    heredity; heritage

    歌舞伎界では才能だけでなく世襲も重要だ。
    In Kabuki not only talent but also heredity counts.
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Characters in this word

2
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

attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap

Kun
おそ.うかさ.ね
On
シュウ
Strokes
22
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1130 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Used in names as

そい

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-16-6SKIP code
5e16.2The Kanji Dictionary
0173.2Four corner code
465deroo
8972Unicode hex code
1-29-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5443Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5510New Nelson (John Haig)
2917New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3633Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1856Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2533Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2025Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2181Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1262A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2983Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1094Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34717Morohashi
1360A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1575Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1681Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1734Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1943Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1042Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1630Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2044Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi2Pinyin reading
seubKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level