Zi:世

世 [shì] generation (~30 yrs), period/era (世​代); world (世​界); century (世​纪); (HDZ:) (​古) ​三​十​年; …; (​姓)

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 世(​㔺) shì ‘thirty/many (branches/generations)’ combines ​卅(​𠦃) sà ‘thirty’ (​十 shí ‘ten’ tripled), modified with a long drawn-out stroke ​乁 signifying ‘lengthen/prolong’: long time, many branching generations.
    Compare: ​葉 yè ‘leaf/leaves (of a plant)’, formerly wr. ​枼(​枽), and later wr. ​叶.
    HDZ: 世 : shì : (​古) ​三​十​年; ​父​子​相​继 (​一世), ​一​代; ​后​嗣; 世​系, ​家世; 世世​代​代; ​朝​代; ​时​代; ​年, ​岁; 世​界, ​人世; 世​人; ​一​生; ​嫡​长 (​嫡​长​子); ​先​辈​有​交​谊​的; ​继​承; ​产​生, ​出​生; (​佛​教) ​过​去、​未​来、​现​代; (​副​词) (​已​经; ​从​来, ​终​归); ​太 (tài): ​大; (​姓)
►references: Karlgren:AD886,GSR339a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.14.6; Mathews:5790; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:77.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:012.1.08; Wáng(1993):191; EDOC:1
►components: ​卅
►Cantonese: sai-
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Unicode: U+4E16
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