界
- 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.
界
지경
계
jigyeong
gye
Kangxi radical:102, 田 + 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)