# 境 — Boundary

Frequency rank 550 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 罪 (Guilt), less common than 紀 (Account).

- On’yomi: きょう
- Kun’yomi: さかい
- Radical: 土 Earth (Kangxi 32)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

Dirt on the left, with stand and see on the right — you stand on the dirt and see the boundary line marking where one territory ends and another begins.

In words:

- 境 さかい — border,boundary,mental state
- 境界 きょうかい — boundary
- 境遇 きょうぐう — environment;circumstances

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