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界 — 9 strokes / Radical「田」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 9 strokes / Radical「田」
On
カイかい · kai
Kun
—
Meaning
world, boundary

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

田 (field) + 介 (sound, between) — the boundary between fields; from there, the world.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカイかいkai境界きょうかい限界げんかい世界せかい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 世界せかい

    world

  • 世界中せかいじゅう

    all over the world

More words with this kanji

  • 玄界灘げんかいなだ
  • 斯界しかい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

世界(せかい)には たくさんの 国(くに)が あります。

There are many countries in the world.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

世界世界中界世world中middle由reason申say畑field田rice…甲armour階floor開open乂to mow介mediat…丐to beg
CompoundRadicalReading

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