境

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border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 竟 sound ( jìng )

Components 土竟

boundary · Heisig RSH #489

land + mirror

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
环境行动主义	huán jìng xíng dòng zhǔ yì	environmentalism; environmental activism
边境地区	biān jìng dì qū	border area
出入境管理局	Chū rù Jìng Guǎn lǐ jú	Exit and Entry Administration Bureau (PRC)
分布式环境	fēn bù shì huán jìng	distributed environment (computing)
作业环境	zuò yè huán jìng	operating environment
出入境	chū rù jìng	to leave or enter a country
境内外	jìng nèi wài	within and without the borders; domestic and foreign; home and abroad
网路环境	wǎng lù huán jìng	network environment
进出境	jìn chū jìng	entering and leaving a country
境由心生	jìng yóu xīn shēng	our mindset frames how we view the world
大环境	dà huán jìng	the environment (from a macro perspective); the broader context; the bigger picture
环境卫生	huán jìng wèi shēng	environmental sanitation; abbr. to 環衛\|环卫[huan2 wei4]
生态环境游	shēng tài huán jìng yóu	ecotourism
社会环境	shè huì huán jìng	social environment; milieu
国境	guó jìng	national border; frontier
心境	xīn jìng	mood; mental state; frame of mind
生境	shēng jìng	habitat
境地	jìng dì	circumstances
家境	jiā jìng	family financial situation; family circumstances
学无止境	xué wú zhǐ jìng	no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.; You live and learn.

Characters sharing the sound component 竟 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
竟 sound part	jìng	finally, after all, at last; indeed; unexpected
镜	jìng	mirror, glass; lens, glasses
獍	jìng	the Manchurian tiger