CHINESE CHARACTER

境 (jìng): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

jìng

boundary, frontier; area, region

HSK 314 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

土

Primary radical

土 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 境.

竟

Phonetic component

竟 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 14

Write 境 in 14 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 境

环境huánjìng

HSK 3 · environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient

出境chūjìng

HSK 6 · to leave a country or region; outbound (tourism)

入境rùjìng

HSK 6 · to enter a country

边境biānjìng

HSK 7-9 · frontier; border

处境chǔjìng

HSK 7-9 · situation (of a person)

过境guòjìng

HSK 7-9 · to pass through a country's territory; transit

Examples using 境

环境

他很快就适应了新环境。

Tā hěn kuài jiù shì yìng le xīn huán jìng。

He quickly accustomed himself to his new surroundings.

边境

在边境上，我被要求出示我的护照。

Zài biān jìng shàng， wǒ bèi yāo qiú chū shì wǒ de hù zhào。

I was asked to show my passport at the border.

FAQ

What does 境 (jìng) mean in Chinese?

boundary, frontier; area, region

How do you write 境 in stroke order?

境 has 14 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 境?

土 is the radical in 境. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 境?

环境 (huánjìng): environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient; 出境 (chūjìng): to leave a country or region; outbound (tourism); 入境 (rùjìng): to enter a country.