Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief

    妻を亡くして彼は身も世もないほどに悲しんだ。
    When his wife died he was full of heartrending grief.

Also written 身も世も無い【みもよもない】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

somebody, person, one's station in life

Kun
On
シン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
320 of 2500
Radical
body
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-7-3, 4-7-4SKIP code
0a7.5The Kanji Dictionary
2740.0Four corner code
847deroo
8eabUnicode hex code
1-31-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4601Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5928New Nelson (John Haig)
3553New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4368Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2213Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2977Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1248Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1337Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
331A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
546Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
791Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38034Morohashi
323A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
59Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255sakade
937Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
339henshall3
285Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
174crowley
394Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1768Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1256Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shen1, juan1Pinyin reading
sinKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level
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