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界 = 田 + 介

界 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “world”. It is built from 田 (rice field) and 介 (jammed in). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 266.

Keyword
world
RTK frame
266
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カイ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
мир
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
界 boundary

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 田 rice field
  2. 介 jammed in

How to find 界 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rice field” + “jammed in”. 界 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 界 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.