Word Meaning 世紀

せいき seiki

世紀 is read as せいき (seiki) and means century.

Meaning

English

  1. century
  2. era
  3. of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

Reading

Kana

せいき

Romaji

seiki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Related Words 時代,時世,年代,, Rank 1879 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

世紀末

せいきまつ

end of a century (esp. 19th)

世紀末的

せいきまつてき

fin-de-siècle

二十世紀

にじっせいき

twentieth century

前世紀

ぜんせいき

ancient times

四半世紀

しはんせいき

quarter of a century

今世紀

こんせいき

this century

新世紀

しんせいき

new century

来世紀

らいせいき

next century

半世紀

はんせいき

half century

1世紀

いっせいき

century

新世紀世代

しんせいきせだい

millennials

Example Sentences

10

このてらははっせいきにたてられた。

This temple was built in the eighth century.

にじゅっせいきのれきしをべんきょうしています。

I am studying the history of the twentieth century.

かのじょはじゅうきゅうせいきのしょうせつがすきだ。

She likes nineteenth-century novels.

A century is one hundred years.

A hundred years is called a century.

The twenty-first century begins in 2001.

He was born in the 19th century.

Were you born in the 20th century or in the 21st?

2001 is the year when the 21st century begins.

The 21st century belongs to Asia.