境界
jìng​jiè HSK7

realm

境 jìng boundary

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 竟 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
竟
竟 Sound component
jìng actually

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjaengX[k]raŋʔ boundary

說文解字

《說文新附》：“境，疆也。从土，竟聲。經典通用竟。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

界 jiè boundary

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 介 represents the sound.

Components

田
田 Meaning component
tián field
介
介 Sound component
jiè to lie between

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkeajHkˤr[e][t]-s boundary

說文解字

《說文》：“畍，境也。从田，介聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)