界
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.
这条河是两个省的分界线。
zhè tiáo hé shì liǎng gè shěng de fēn jiè xiàn。
This river is the boundary line between the two provinces.
科学界的人都很关注这项新研究。
kē xué jiè de rén dōu hěn guān zhù zhè xiàng xīn yán jiū。
People in the scientific realm are all paying close attention to this new research.
Words with 界
跨界
kuà jiè
to go beyond the border; to be transboundary
世界报
shì jiè bào
the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) and Die Welt (Germany)
世界知识产权组织
shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán zǔ zhī
World Intellectual Property Organization
无国界
wú guó jiè
without borders (used for organizations such as Médecins sans Frontières)
世界
shì jiè
world
第二次世界大战
dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn
World War II
超临界
chāo lín jiè
supercritical
世界银行
shì jiè yín háng
World Bank
用户界面
yòng hù jiè miàn
user interface
边界层
biān jiè céng
boundary layer
边界线
biān jiè xiàn
boundary line
边界
biān jiè
boundary