Kanji N2

境: boundary, border, region

境 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning boundary, border, region, written with 14 strokes. It is read キョウ, ケイ (on) and さかい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 国境 (こっきょう, border) and 環境 (かんきょう, environment).

境

Meanings

  • boundary
  • border
  • region
Strokes14
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#346 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョウ
  • ケイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • さかい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 14. Start at the dot.

Common words with 境

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 国境こっきょう

    border (between countries); national border

    JLPT N3
  • 環境かんきょう

    environment; surroundings; circumstances

    JLPT N3
  • 境さかい

    border; boundary

    JLPT N3
  • 境界きょうかい

    boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

    JLPT N2
  • 境遇きょうぐう

    one's circumstances; environment

    JLPT N1
  • 心境しんきょう

    state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

  • 苦境くきょう

    difficult situation; adverse circumstances

  • 境内けいだい

    grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.