界 — Chinese character
界
jiè
boundary, limit; domain; society, the world
- Pinyin
- jiè
- Radical
- 102 ⽥ (Field)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 田 介
- Formation
- pictophonetic — farm; meaning component 田; sound component 介
- Japanese
- 界 as a kanji
Common words with 界
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 全世界 | quán shì jiè | worldwide; entire world |
| 边界 (邊界) | biān jiè | boundary; border |
| 外界 | wài jiè | the outside world; external |
| 各界 | gè jiè | all walks of life; all social circles |
| 境界 | jìng jiè | boundary; state |
| 世界各地 | shì jiè gè dì | all over the world; everywhere |
| 界面 | jiè miàn | contact surface; (computing) interface |
| 业界 (業界) | yè jiè | industry |
| 学界 (學界) | xué jiè | academic world; academic circles |
| 界限 | jiè xiàn | boundary |
| 界定 | jiè dìng | definition; to delimit |
English words written with 界
- world
- worldwide
- limits
- journalists
- boundary
- affiliate
- commentators
- bounds
- academia
- bounded
- worldview
- demarcation
界 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 5
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.