“Border” or “Boundary” in Japanese kanji, and the Stroke Order and Meanings of Kanji “界”
Japanese Jouyou-kanji “界” means “Community”, “Circles” or “Field” etc.
Jouyou Kanji “界”
Jouyou Kanji “界” Stroke Order
| Stroke # | 9 Strokes |
|---|---|
| On-Yomi | かい(kai) |
| Kun-Yomi | さかい(sakai) |
| Meanings | Boundary, Border |
| Limit, End | |
| Zone, Area, Inside of an area |
Kanji words which contain Kanji “界”, and their meanings
| Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| 界隈(かいわい-ka i wa i) | Neighborhood, Vicinity, Locality |
| 眼界(がんかい-ga n ka i) | Range of vision, Field of vision |
| 境界(きょうかい-kyo u ka i) | Boundary, Border, Limit, Demarcation |
| 境界線(きょうかいせん-kyo u ka i se n) | Border line, Boundary line |
| 業界(ぎょうかい-gyo u ka i) | Industry, Business world, Business circle |
| 下界(げかい-ge ka i) | ① Earth, This world, ② Lower bound |
| 限界(げんかい-ge n ka i) | Limit, Bound, Threshold |
| 財界(ざいかい-za i ka i) | Financial world, Business world |
| 三界(さんがい-sa n ga i) | ① Three realms of existence, ② Past, present and future existences, ③ The whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened |
| 三千世界(さんぜんせかい-sa n ze n se ka i) | The whole world, The universe |
| 視界(しかい-shi ka i) | Field of view, Sight, Visibility |
| 社交界(しゃこうかい-sha ko u ka i) | Society, High society |
| 政界(せいかい-se i ka i) | Political world, Political circles |
| 世界(せかい-se ka i) | ① The world, Society, Uuniverse, ② (Original meaning) realm governed by one Buddha |
| 俗界(ぞっかい-zo kka i) | Secular life, Workaday world, Earthly life |
| 天界(てんかい-te n ka i) | City of god, Heavenly city, Celestial city, Holy city |
| 文学界(ぶんがくかい-bu n ga ku ka i) | Literary world, Literary circles |
| 法界(ほうかい or ほっかい-ho u ka i (or) ho kka i) | ① Universe, ② Realm of thought, ③ Underlying principle of reality, Manifestation of true thusness, ④ Being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one, Being jealous of others who are in love with each other |
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