Question

境 さかい boundary, border, region 2 346 14 32 つち・つちへん・どへん 形声 Phonetic In the dense cities of Japan even a small garden is a luxury. In this house, the owner has put mirrors on the boundary of his land so it feels much bigger.

Accepted Answer

キョウ、ケイ さか, じき 環境(かんきょう): environment; circumstance国境(こっきょう): national border; provincial border境(さかい): (1) border; boundary (2) area; region; spot; space; environment (3) psychological state; mental state (4) cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind境界(きょうかい): boundary境遇(きょうぐう): environment; circumstances 5 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey竟: end; finally 土 3 (none) boundary This is an old trick to keep out migrants. You put a bunch of dirty mirrors on the boundary of your land and theirs. When they approach the boundary, what they see in the mirror is their own land and someone that looks like themselves, only dirtier, so they figure your country isn´t any better than their own and they head back home.

Kanji	境
Onyomi	キョウ、ケイ
Kunyomi	さかい
Nanori	さか, じき
English	boundary, border, region
Examples	環境(かんきょう): environment; circumstance 国境(こっきょう): national border; provincial border 境(さかい): (1) border; boundary (2) area; region; spot; space; environment (3) psychological state; mental state (4) cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind 境界(きょうかい): boundary 境遇(きょうぐう): environment; circumstances
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	346
Components	土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 竟: end; finally
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	土
Radical Number	32
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	つち・つちへん・どへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	boundary
Koohii Story 1	In the dense cities of Japan even a small garden is a luxury. In this house, the owner has put mirrors on the boundary of his land so it feels much bigger.
Koohii Story 2	This is an old trick to keep out migrants. You put a bunch of dirty mirrors on the boundary of your land and theirs. When they approach the boundary, what they see in the mirror is their own land and someone that looks like themselves, only dirtier, so they figure your country isn´t any better than their own and they head back home.

Boundary Land Environment Border Put Mirrors 境 キョウ、ケイ

Boundary Land Environment Border Put Mirrors 境キョウ、ケイ