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world
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingカイ

Meanings

  1. worldRtK
    若い棋士多少尊大感じなるよくあること そういうこと将棋限っではないでしょうIt often happens that young shogi players become a little self-important, but I don't think that's something limited to the shogi world.tatoeba
    日本シンクロ悲願であるにはあと届かなかったThe 'gold' yearned for by the Japanese synchronized swimming world was not quite reached.tatoeba
  2. boundary
  1. neighborhood
  2. neighbourhood
  3. vicinity
  4. community (of people with a shared trait, members, fans, etc.)
  5. scene

Popular Usage

世界限界境界

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

rice field () · brains · jammed in · umbrella · stick () · cane

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 266

Compound words

世界せかい
the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle
限界げんかい
limit; bound
境界きょうかい
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
下界げかい
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)
界隈かいわい
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; community (of people with a shared trait, members, fans, etc.); scene
学界がっかい
academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles
官界かんかい
bureaucracy
業界ぎょうかい
business world; business circles; (the) industry
財界ざいかい
financial world; business circles
視界しかい
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
政界せいかい
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
租界そかい
(foreign) concession (in China); settlement
臨界りんかい
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
外界がいかい
outside world; physical world
角界かくかい
the world of sumo
球界きゅうかい
the baseball world
経済界けいざいかい
economic world; financial circles; business community
世界一せかいいち
best in the world
世界的せかいてき
worldwide; global; international; universal; world-famous
全世界ぜんせかい
the whole world
法曹界ほうそうかい
legal circles
世界観せかいかん
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world
新世界しんせかい
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
自然界しぜんかい
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
彼はジャーナリズムの大物です。かい
He is a big man in journalism.tatoeba
歌舞伎では才能だけでなく世襲も重要だ。かい
In Kabuki not only talent but also heredity counts.tatoeba
彼は彼女がまったく知らない世の人だ。
He is bound to pass the entrance examination.tatoeba
彼は日本実業の指導者の一人です。
He is one of the business leaders in Japan.tatoeba
彼は第二次世大戦では陸軍大将だった。
He was a general in the Second World War.tatoeba
彼は第2次世大戦で戦死したものと思われていた。
He was thought to have been killed during the Second World War.tatoeba

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