界 — world, boundary
かい
界
world
かい
U+754C
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #158
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #266
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- world
- boundary
Readings
- On'yomi
- かい kai
word
かい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
界
kai
world
世
界
sekai
world
業
界
gyoukai
industry
世
界
中
sekaijuu
all over the world
世
界
一
sekaiichi
best in the world
世
界
銀
行
sekaiginkou
World Bank
全
世
界
zensekai
the whole world
学
界
gakkai
academic world
新
世
界
shinsekai
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
球
界
kyuukai
the baseball world
世
界
各
国
sekaikakkoku
countries all over the world
世
界
各
地
sekaikakuchi
every part of the world
世
界
大
戦
sekaitaisen
world war
世
界
的
sekaiteki
worldwide
世
界
観
sekaikan
worldview
官
界
kankai
bureaucratic world
Words by frequency and grade
26 wordsEach dot is a word containing 界: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 16 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.