界

音読おんよみ: カイ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 9 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 田(た)

Meaning

World / Boundary / Realm / Field

  • 世界せかい — the world
  • 限界げんかい — limit; boundary
  • 業界ぎょうかい — industry; business world
  • 政界せいかい — political world
  • 学界がっかい — academic circles
  • 視界しかい — field of vision; visibility
  • 世界中せかいじゅう — all over the world

combines the element (rice field) with (to intervene), evoking boundaries between fields. By extension, it came to mean broader “spheres” or “realms,” such as the world (世界) or professional fields (業界).

世界せかいには たくさんの 文化ぶんかが あります。
There are many cultures in the world.

限界げんかいえる 努力どりょく必要ひつようです。
You need effort to go beyond your limits.

世
Creates
世界せかい — the world
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