Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "境", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "境", and master the standard way of writing the character "境".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 境
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "境" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
境 [jìng]
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【本义】: 边境,国境
1. 疆界,边界: boundary; e.g., 国境 (national boundary), 入境 (entering the border), 出境 (exiting the border)
2. 地方,区域,处所: place; e.g., 无人之境 (uninhabited place), 佳境 (beautiful place), 身临其境 (to be in the situation personally)
3. 状况,地步: circumstance; e.g., 境况 (conditions), 顺境 (favorable circumstances), 逆境 (adverse circumstances), 困境 (difficult situation)
同本义 (same original meaning): boundary
引: 1. 《说文新附》: 境,疆也。
2. 《吕氏春秋·赞能》: 至齐境。
字本作“竟” (the character is originally written as "竟").
例: 1. 《左传·宣公二年》: 亡不越竟。
2. 《庄子·天道》: 边竟有人焉。
3. 《荀子·富国》: 其竟关之政尽察。
4. 《史记·廉颇蔺相如列传》: 与燕王会境上。
5. 《史记·魏公子列传》: 屯于境上。
6. 宋· 苏洵《权书·六国论》: 起视四境。
例: 出境 (leaving the national boundary), 入境 (entering the national boundary), 境宇 (national boundary, territory), 境人 (people within the border, locals), 境头 (result; also called “景头”), 境土 (territory, domain), 境会 (meeting at the border).
3. 境况 (circumstance).
例: 境物 (surrounding environment and scenery), 家境 (family economic condition), 境象 (landscape; context).
4. 居所,地方 (place).
引: 1. 晋· 陶潜《饮酒诗》: 结庐在人境,而无车马喧 (constructed a cottage in the place, without the noise of horse and carriage).
2. 《明史》: 士大夫出其境 (scholars and officials act beyond their place).
5. 地步,境界 (condition; state; extent reached).
例: 处境 (situation where one is), 困境 (difficult situation), 佳境 (beautiful state).
6. 佛教指成为心意对象之世界 (in Buddhism, refers to the world that becomes a mental object).
例: 尘境 (dusty world), 色境 (material realm), 法境 (realm of law); 境头 (the situation of a former life, often pointed to by deities or dreams).
7. 景象,景物 (landscape).
引: 1. ﹝en#:[英]赫胥黎著、 严复译《天演论》: 槛外诸境 (landscapes beyond the fence).