The kanji 境: meaning, readings and stroke order

境

Meaning: border
On reading: キョウ kyou、ケイ* kei
Kun reading: さかい sakai
Strokes: 14
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ranh giới (cảnh)
Japanese: さかい。くぎりめ。
Korean: 경계, 사이 (경)
Chinese: 边界、交界

Readings, words and example sentences

キョウ kyou · on reading

国こっ境きょう
national border
国こっ境きょうの川を船でわたります。
We cross the river at the border by boat.

さかい sakai · kun reading

境さかい
border, boundary
二つの県の 境さかいに高い山があります。
There is a tall mountain on the border between the two prefectures.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.