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Kanji Detail for 際 - "edge"

際

  • Meaning

    際 means "edge." Also associated with boundary, relationship.

    1. Edge - A border; the point where things meet.

    2. Occasion - A particular time; an opportunity.

    3. Relationship - A connection; interaction.

    4. Chance - An opportunity; a circumstance.

  • Words using 際

    • 国際 こくさい Listen international
    • 実際 じっさい Listen reality; actuality; truth
    • 国際的 こくさいてき Listen international; worldwide; cross-border
    • 国際化 こくさいか Listen internationalization; internationalisation
    • 国際法 こくさいほう Listen international law; law of nations
    • 交際 こうさい Listen company; friendship; association
    • 交際費 こうさいひ Listen entertainment expenses
    • 国際人 こくさいじん Listen internationally minded person; cosmopolitan; cosmopolite

  • Tattoo check: 際

    • Verified meaning: edge
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きわ)
    • Also carries these associations: boundary, relationship

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 際

    Surnames 際(きわ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    occasion; side; edge; verge; dangerous; adventurous; indecent; time; when

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    border, boundary, juncture

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    border; edge; boundary; interval; between; inter-; to meet; time; occasion; to meet with (circumstances)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    border, boundary, juncture

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To connect. As in people's social intercourse is called 交際. Between nations is called 國際. | A position. As in the position one should be in is called 分際. Reaching the true position is called 真際, 實際. | An edge. As in 邊際 (boundary), 涯際 (limit). Also, the edge of eaves is called 簷際. The space in a forest is also called 林際. | The point of transition. As in the end of autumn and beginning of winter is called 秋冬之際. | To happen to coincide. As in 幸際承平 (fortunately encountering peace). Also, circumstances that happen to coincide are called 際遇 (encounter), 際會 (opportunity).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sai(サイ) サイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    giwa(ぎわ) ぎわ

    kiwa(きわ) きわ

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    edge relationship boundary occasion chance connection opportunity intersection brink border frontier margin threshold verge limit juncture circumstance event situation time point

Sentences including 際

  • In fact , i am happy.

  • I'd like to go with you , but as it is i can't.

  • English has become an international language.

  • In fact i did not know it.

  • We actually saw the accident.

  • He did it actually.

  • That didn't really happen.

  • I'd like a table by the window.

  • I'd like to make a call to japan.

  • She is not as young as she looks.

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