Boundary

On’yomi: きょう
Kun’yomi: さかい
Radical: 土 Earth (Kangxi 32)

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

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

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 stateN3

境界きょうかい boundaryN2

境遇きょうぐう environment;circumstancesN1

境 is rank 550 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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