境 – boundary, border, region

14 strokesTaught in grade 5#346 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 境 means boundary, border, region. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ、ケイ (kyou, kei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さかい (sakai). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
Kun’yomi	さかい	sakai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 音・土・日・立・儿.

Words using 境

境さかいborder環境かんきょうenvironment国境こっきょうborder (between countries)境界きょうかいboundary境遇きょうぐうone's circumstances

Example sentences

彼は生死の境をさ迷った。

He hovered between life and death.

Tatoeba #103205

私たちが環境面の問題を耳にしないで過ぎる日は１日とてない。

Not a day goes by without our hearing of an environmental problem.

Tatoeba #167274

イングランドとスコットランドの間の恒常的な国境戦争は終わった。

The constant border wars between England and Scotland came to an end.

Tatoeba #228401

Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土域型均圧壊城執坂堂

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