jiè

(bound form) boundary; border

(bound form) realm

field (田) + boundary sound (介) = the borders between fields

田 (field) grounds the meaning: boundaries matter most when dividing land. 介 mainly contributes the jiè sound, though its image of a person between two lines fits the idea of a dividing border.

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To be betweenPhonetic
Cultivated fieldSemantic

Words with 界

边界

biān jiè

boundary

边界层

biān jiè céng

boundary layer

边界线

biān jiè xiàn

boundary line

金融界

jīn róng jiè

banking circles

开眼界

kāi yǎn jiè

to broaden one's horizons

限界线

xiàn jiè xiàn

boundary

电影界

diàn yǐng jiè

moviedom

灵界

líng jiè

spiritual world

体育界

tǐ yù jiè

sports circles

魔兽世界

mó shòu shì jiè

World of Warcraft (video game)

三个世界

sān ge shì jiè

the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America

三千大千世界

sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè

cosmos (Buddhism)

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