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

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 meaning “hill” + 示 sound ( shì )

Components 阝示

occasion · Heisig RSH #1063

pinnacle + altar

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
国际和平基金会	guó jì hé píng jī jīn huì	international peace foundation
大公国际	Dà gōng Guó jì	Dagong Global Credit Rating, credit rating agency based in China
国际主义	guó jì zhǔ yì	internationalism
公民权利和政治权利国际公约	gōng mín quán lì hé zhèng zhì quán lì guó jì gōng yuē	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
国际机场	guó jì jī chǎng	international airport
国际商业机器	Guó jì Shāng yè Jī qì	International Business Machines; IBM
国际性	guó jì xìng	international; internationalism
国际化	guó jì huà	to internationalize; internationalization
国际外交	guó jì wài jiāo	foreign policy
国际共产主义运动	guó jì gòng chǎn zhǔ yì yùn dòng	Comintern; the international communist movement
国际法	guó jì fǎ	international law
中国国际航空公司	Zhōng guó Guó jì Háng kōng Gōng sī	Air China Ltd.
国际足球联合会	Guó jì Zú qiú Lián hé huì	FIFA; International Federation of Association Football
国际电话	guó jì diàn huà	international call
星际大战	Xīng jì Dà zhàn	(Tw) Star Wars
无边无际	wú biān wú jì	(idiom) boundless; limitless
国际商会	Guó jì Shāng huì	International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
天际线	tiān jì xiàn	skyline; horizon
国际航空联合会	Guó jì Háng kōng Lián hé huì	Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), world body of gliding and aeronautic sports
发际线	fà jì xiàn	(one's) hairline

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
示 sound part	shì	altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate
柰	nài	crab-apple tree; to endure, to bear
佘	shé	surname