ぜん
漸
しん
新
せい
世

noun

  1. Oligocene epoch.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぜん
漸
しん
新
せい
世
 漸新世 ぜんしんせい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

steadily, gradually advancing, finally
ゼン　ようや.く　やや (Early High School, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
beheading, kill, murder
き.る　ザン　セン (Late High School)
car
シャ　くるま　くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る　コウ　わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (Late High School, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (Late Jr. High, N1)
new
シン　あたら.しい　あら.た (2nd, N4)
parent, (親 variant)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (Late Jr. High, N1)
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)