jiè
noun HSK 6 #3,039

Meanings

  1. 1 boundary; border
  2. 2 realm; field; domain

Examples

Quánshìjiè dōu zhīdào.
The whole world knows.
Zhè shì liǎng guó de biānjiè.
This is the border between the two countries.

Tips

usage
appears in 世界 (shìjiè, world), 边界 (biānjiè, border), 眼界 (yǎnjiè, field of vision/horizons), 业界 (yèjiè, industry circles), 学术界 (xuéshùjiè, academic world).

Components

radical
tián
cultivated field
Top — the indexing radical, picturing a field divided into plots by paths. Anchors in the original meaning of a boundary line between fields. From the field-edge came the abstract extensions border, realm, and world (世界). Same field family: , , .
phonetic
jiè
between; intermediary
Bottom supplies the sound (jiè) exactly and reinforces the meaning: itself depicts a person between two armor plates, carrying the sense between. Combined with above, the picture is a person standing between fields — the boundary itself. Same phonetic in (price), (mustard).

Stroke Order

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