Chinese symbol for “frontier”
边境
biān jìng
Traditional: 邊境
frontier; border
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frontier is 边境 (biān jìng), defined as: frontier; border.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “frontier”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陲 | chuí | frontier |
| 前沿 | qián yán | (military) forward position; frontier; cutting-edge; forefront |
| 边疆 (邊疆) | biān jiāng | border area; borderland |
| 国境 (國境) | guó jìng | national border; frontier |
| 边陲 (邊陲) | biān chuí | border area; frontier |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 边境.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 身边 (身邊) | shēn biān | at one's side; on hand |
| 一边 (一邊) | yī biān | one side; either side |
| 旁边 (旁邊) | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 边界 (邊界) | biān jiè | boundary; border |
| 周边 (周邊) | zhōu biān | periphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral |
| 环境 (環境) | huán jìng | environment; circumstances |
| 境内 (境內) | jìng nèi | within the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc) |
| 境外 | jìng wài | outside (a country's) borders |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frontier”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.