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境 means 'boundary'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 533   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-19    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 37    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 21 words   Used in 230 words   Used in 405 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キョウ   ケイ
Kun
   さかい boundary
Additional readings
Name    さか   じき
Components
⿰  土 ground; earth  竟 finally  
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See also
鏡 mirror  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 境 is used 7 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 境 is used 228 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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キョウ : 215 words FIND ALL
か ん き ょ う 0
environment; circumstance
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ケイ : 1 word FIND ALL
け い だ い 1
noun
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
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さかい : 8 words FIND ALL
さ か い 2
Most common form: 界
noun
1. border; boundary  (usu. さかい)
2. turning point; watershed  (often ...を境に; this meaning is restricted to reading さかい)
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さかい (read as ざかい) : 3 words FIND ALL
く に ざ か い ち た い 5 く に ざ か い ち た い 6
noun
border zone
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さか: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
shrine  (archaic)
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An additional 鏡 less common words include 境 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 680 (originally: 651)  Joy o' Kanji : 651  Key to Kanji: 210 

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境
キョウ   ケイ   さかい boundary   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
竟
finally
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儿
legs
音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
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