jiè

boundary

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
田 meaning component

  Meaning component

tián

  

field

介 sound component

  Sound component

jiè

  

to lie between

Evolution

界 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
界 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
界 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiè

boundary, limit; domain; society; the world; boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)

Most common words with 界
Freq.
Word
Meaning

世界

world

全世界

worldwide

scope

世界杯

World Cup

外界

external