世紀

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 世 (せい)紀 (き) (seiki, “century”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 世紀／世纪 (shìjì).

世紀

1. century (period of 100 years)

   巴·掃馬，13世紀的著名旅行家，其足跡東起北京，西至巴黎。 [MSC, trad.]
   巴·扫马，13世纪的著名旅行家，其足迹东起北京，西至巴黎。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bā Sǎomǎ, 13 shìjì de zhùmíng lǚxíngjiā, qí zújì dōng qǐ Běijīng, xī zhì Bālí. [Pinyin]

   The footmark of the famous 13th-century explorer Bar Sauma spans from Beijing in the East to Paris in the West.

From Middle Chinese 世紀 (syej^H ki^X)

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せ​ーき [séꜜèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːkʲi]
• Homophones: 正気, 正規, 生気, 生起, 成規, 西紀, 制規, 性器, 青旗, 凄気, 旌旗, 清気, 清奇, 清規, 清暉, 清輝, 盛期, 腥気, 精気, 精機, 精騎

世紀 (hiragana せいき, rōmaji seiki)

1. century (100 years)
   • 1915, 与謝野晶子, 私の貞操観:

     今 (いま)は女 (おんな)の目 (め)の開 (ひら)く世紀 (せいき)である。

     Ima wa onna no me no hiraku seiki de aru.

     This is the century when women open their eyes.

世紀 (hiragana せいき, rōmaji -seiki)

1. century

   二 (に)十 (じっ)世 (せい)紀 (き)

   nijisseiki

   the 20th century

   21 (にじゅういっ)世 (せい)紀 (き)

   nijūisseiki

   the 21st century

• 世紀末
• 世紀末的

• → Chinese: 世紀
• → Korean: 세기 (segi)
• → Vietnamese: thế kỉ

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

世紀 • (segi) (hangeul 세기)

1. Hanja form^? of 세기 (“century”).

世紀

1. Hán tự form of thế kỉ (“century”).