三世

Chinese

three
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
simp. and trad.
(三世)

Pronunciation


Noun

三世

  1. (Buddhism) the three periods of time: the past, present, and future.
  2. three generations (of a family)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三世):
  • Japanese: (さん)() (sanze); (さん)(せい) (sansei)
  • Korean: 삼세(三世) (samse)
  • Vietnamese: tam thế (三世)

See also

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
せ > ぜ
Grade: 3
goon

From Middle Chinese 三世.

Pronunciation

Noun

(さん)() • (sanze

  1. (Buddhism) the "three lives", namely 前世 (zense, previous life), 現世 (gense, current life) and 来世 (raise)/後世 (gose, next life)
  2. three generations, as in parents, children and grandchildren
  3. the tertiary relationship between master and servant, in contrast with 一世 (isse, primary relationship between parents and children) and 二世 (nise, secondary relationship between spouses)

Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んせー [sáꜜǹsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [sã̠ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

(さん)(せい) • (sansei

  1. three generations
  2. the third generation
    ヘンリー(さん)(せい)
    Henrī Sansei
    Henry III; Henry the Third

Coordinate terms

See also

  • (さん)()(けん) (sanseken)
  • (さん)()(だい) (sansedai)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 三世 – see the following entry.
みよ
[noun] (obsolete) past, present and future existences
(This term, 三世, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)