Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Boundary

Mnemonic

The dirt where you just stand and see is a boundary. You don't want to cross the boundary, you just stand there and see over it. As a general rule, you can stand in the dirt and see beyond boundaries, but you don't usually cross them.

Readings

On’yomi

きょう

Kun’yomi

さかい

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The boundary you're looking at now is the Kyoto (きょう) boundary. Kyoto is one of the most famous places in Japan, so you can imagine its boundary is really clear and marked by all kinds of boundary signs that say KYOTO.

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