# 境 — border; state

境 means “border; state”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 14 strokes. On'yomi: キョウ (kyou). Kun'yomi: さかい (sakai). You'll see it in words such as 境 (sakai, “border; boundary”).

- Meaning: border; state
- On'yomi: キョウ (kyou)
- Kun'yomi: さかい (sakai)
- Strokes: 14
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Land & places 1

## How to remember 境

Earth (土) where the sound (音) stops and legs (儿) turn back: a border.

Parts: 土 earth · 音 sound · 儿 legs

## Words with 境

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 境 | さかい (sakai) | border; boundary |

## Don't confuse it with

[暗](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/dark/) · [意](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/idea/) · [章](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/chapter/) · [闇](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/darkness/)

## More in the “Land & places 1” set

[原](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/meadow/) · [島](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/island/) · [境](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/border/) · [州](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/province/) · [域](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/region/) · [景](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/scenery/) · [欧](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/europe/) · [韓](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/korea/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/border/. Last updated 2026-11-01.