境 — gyeong

Parts that make up 境

How 境 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 境 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 土, 竟.

Korean example words with 境

• 급경急境 Korean gloss: 위급한 경우
• 심경心境 Korean gloss: 마음의 상태
• 적경敵境 Korean gloss: 적국의 국경
• 진경進境 Korean gloss: 진보한 경지
• 위경危境 Korean gloss: 위태로운 처지
• 가경佳境 Korean gloss: 경치가 좋은 곳
• 경역境域 Korean gloss: 경계 안의 지역
• 경내境內 Korean gloss: 일정한 지역의 안
• 경외境外 Korean gloss: 일정한 경계의 밖
• 난경難境 Korean gloss: 어려운 경우나 처지
• 곤경困境 Korean gloss: 어려운 형편이나 처지
• 말경末境 Korean gloss: 한 생의 말년의 지경

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 境

• 環境かんきょう environment; surroundings; circumstances
• 国境こっきょう border (between countries); national border
• 環境庁かんきょうちょう Environment Agency
• 心境しんきょう state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
• 境さかい border; boundary; turning point
• 境界きょうかい boundary; border; limit
• 苦境くきょう difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament
• 境内けいだい grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard
• 越境えっきょう crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
• 境地きょうち state (of mind); mental state; emotional condition
• 境遇きょうぐう one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
• 辺境へんきょう remote region; outlying district; border district

Characters sharing the phonetic 竟

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “경” in Korean.

Other hanja read “경”

Other hanja with radical 土