- 国境 — national border
- 境界 — boundary line
- 県境 — prefectural boundary
- 境遇 — circumstances
- 境地 — mental state
境 is a 形声文字 (semantic–phonetic compound). The 土 radical indicates land or ground, while the phonetic 竟 provides the reading. Together, the character conveys the idea of a boundary or division between places, regions, or abstract states.
二つの 国の 境に 川が 流れている。
A river flows along the border between the two countries.
現実と 夢の 境が 曖昧になる。
The line between dreams and reality becomes blurred.