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Boundary Land Environment Border Put Mirrors 境 キョウ、ケイ

Kanji
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
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.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade5, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size

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