漢字道KANJIDO

14 strokesRadical

6Elementary year 514 strokesRadical
On
キョウ・ケイ
Kun
さかい
Meaning
boundary; border; circumstances

Origin

ORIGIN

土 "land" plus 竟 "end"; where one land ends — hence "boundary, border."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

キョウ境界・境地・逆境
ケイ境内
さかい境・境目

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 国境こっきょう

    national border

  • 環境かんきょう

    environment

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

山が二つの県の境になっている。

The mountain forms the border between the two prefectures.

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