旧世界

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旧	世	界
きゅう Grade: 5	せ Grade: 3	かい Grade: 3
kan’on	goon	kan’on

Etymology

From 旧 (kyū-, “old”) +‎ 世界 (sekai, “world”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) きゅうせかい [kyùúséꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːse̞ka̠i]

Proper noun

旧世界 (hiragana きゅうせかい, rōmaji Kyūsekai, historical hiragana きうせかい)

the Old World

See also

新 (しん)世 (せ)界 (かい) (Shinsekai)

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