| 界 | 628C35 41.22 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄐㄧㄝˋ [jie4] | ||
| N. | (1) Boundary: 分界 ditto; 界限 [jie4xian4]1↓. (2) World: 仙界 fairyland; 外界 the outside world, people outside; 世界 the world. (3) Circles: 教育界，新聞界，商界 educational, journalistic, commercial circles; 男界 (toilet for) gentlemen; 女界 the ladies; 各界人士 (addressed to) all people of different walks of life. (4) Poetic level: 境界 elevation of spirit. | |||||
| V.t. | To be bound by: 東界黃海 bound by the Yellow Sea on the east. | |||||
| Words | 1. 界碑 [jie4bei1], n., boundary stone. 2. 界尺 [jie4chi3], n., a foot rule. 3. 界址 [jie4zhi3], n., boundary. 4. 界限 [jie4xian4]1, n., the limit. 5. 界線 [jie4xian4]2, n., boundary line. 6. 界說 [jie4shuo1], n., definition (of word). 7. 界約 [jie4yUe1], n., treaty defining boundary between two countries. | |||||