border

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

is a component form of .

示 simplified component

  Simplified component

shì

  

show

Simplified from the traditional phonetic component .

Evolution

际 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
际 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
际 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
际 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
际 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

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

Most common words with 际
Freq.
Word
Meaning

实际上

in fact

国际

international

实际

reality

之际

during

星际

interstellar