• boundary;

Etymology

It is a phono-semantic compound composed of:

田 (밭 전, “field”) — indicating the meaning, related to land or borders;

介 (낄 개) — providing the sound.

Usage in Korean

결계(結界) - magical/spiritual barrier, forcefield;

경계(境界) - boundary, border

마계(魔界) - demon realm, infernal world

세계(世界) - the world

신세계(新世界) - new world

업계(業界) - industry, professional field

외계(外界) - outer world, outer space

외계인(外界人) - alien (extraterrestrial being)

천계(天界) - heavenly realm, celestial world

학계(學界) - academic world, academia

한계(限界) - limit, boundary, constraint

Alternative forms

An alternative form (이체자) is 堺 (U+583A), which includes the 土 radical on the left and is sometimes used in proper nouns or historical texts.

지경
jigyeong
gye
Kangxi radical:102, + 4
Strokes:9
Unicode:U+754C
Cangjie input:
  • 田人中中 (WOLL)
Composition:
  • ⿱ 田 介 (G)
  • ⿳ 田 八 ⿰ 丿 丨 (H T J K V)

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