border

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

is a component form of .

祭 sound component

  Sound component

zhài

  

sacrifice to

Evolution

際 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
際 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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

Most common words with 際
Freq.
Word
Meaning

实际上

in fact

国际

international

实际

reality

之际

during

星际

interstellar