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界

world
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingカイ
JōyōGrade 3
  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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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice field (田) · brains · jammed in · umbrella · stick (丨) · 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

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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