TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
界
ㄐㄧㄝˋ · jiè
noun — boundary; realm
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A field (田) above, 介 jiè below giving the sound exactly — itself a person standing between lines. Together they write the ridge where one field ends and the next begins: 邊界、交界; then every bounded realm after it: 世界、自然界.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩家的稻子顏色不一樣，中間那條田（田）埂踩得結結實實。
The two families' rice differs in shade; the ridge between the fields (田) is trodden hard.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)田界、邊界— the boundary between fields; border
→世界— the world — all within the four bounds常用
→自然界、各界— a realm, a circle
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension