界 — gye

Parts that make up 界

How 界 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 界 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 田, 介.

Korean example words with 界

• 타계他界 Korean gloss: 다른 세계
• 강계疆界 Korean gloss: 나라의 경계
• 봉계封界 Korean gloss: 봉토의 경계
• 사계斯界 Korean gloss: 해당되는 분야
• 신계神界 Korean gloss: 신이 사는 세계
• 악계樂界 Korean gloss: 음악가들의 사회
• 각계各界 Korean gloss: 사회의 여러 분야
• 선계仙界 Korean gloss: 신선이 산다는 곳
• 시계視界 Korean gloss: 시력이 미치는 범위
• 도계道界 Korean gloss: 도와 도 사이의 경계
• 군계郡界 Korean gloss: 군(郡)과 군 사이의 경계
• 분계分界 Korean gloss: 서로 나누어진 지역의 경계

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

Japanese words with 界

• 業界ぎょうかい business world; business circles; (the) industry
• 世界せかい the world; society; the universe
• 政界せいかい (world of) politics; political world; political circles
• 財界ざいかい financial world; business circles
• 限界げんかい limit; bound
• 世界的せかいてき worldwide; global; international
• 経済界けいざいかい economic world; financial circles; business community
• 産業界さんぎょうかい the industrial world
• 世界一せかいいち best in the world
• 境界きょうかい boundary; border; limit
• 全世界ぜんせかい the whole world
• 世界銀行せかいぎんこう World Bank

Characters sharing the phonetic 介

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 “개” in Korean.

Other hanja read “계”

Other hanja with radical 田