Entry
  1. Noun

    fleeting life; this transient world; floating world

    浮世の心配事のない人はない。
    No one is free from worldly cares.
  2. sad world; world of grief and worry

    esp. 憂き世

  3. the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world

  4. (the world of the) red light districts

Also written 浮き世【うきよ】憂き世【うきよ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

floating, float, rise to surface

Kun
う.くう.かれるう.かぶう.かべる
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
776 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Used in names as

うき

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-7, 1-3-6SKIP code
3a6.11The Kanji Dictionary
3214.7Four corner code
347deroo
6d6eUnicode hex code
1-41-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2575Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3159New Nelson (John Haig)
435New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
522Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
319Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
393Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
730Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
787Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1047A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1069Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
991Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17487XMorohashi
1752A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
938Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
968Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
684Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
820Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1197Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
738Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu2Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level
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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