際

See also: 际

Translingual

Han character

際 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 弓中月人火 (NLBOF), four-corner 7729₁, composition ⿰⻖祭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1359, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41820
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4154, character 15
• Unihan data for U+969B

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Chinese

trad.		際
simp.		际

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (祭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蔡	*sʰlaːds
瘵	*ʔsreːds
祭	*ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds
際	*ʔsleds
穄	*ʔsleds
鰶	*ʔsleds
傺	*hr'eds
摖	*sʰleːds
擦	*sʰlaːd
攃	*sʰlaːd, *saːd
礤	*sʰlaːd
察	*sʰreːd
詧	*sʰreːd, *sʰeːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsleds) : semantic 阝 + phonetic 祭 (OC *ʔsreːds, *ʔsleds).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 際

1. border; boundary; juncture
2. between
3. moment
4. to associate
5. to be on the occasion of
6. to be one's lot

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Japanese

Kanji

際

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. occasion
2. side
3. edge
4. verge
5. dangerous
6. adventurous
7. incident
8. time
9. when

Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: きわ (kiwa, 際, Jōyō)^{←きは (kifa, 際, historical)}; まじわる (majiwaru, 際わる)^{←まじはる (mazifaru, 際はる, historical)}; あい (ai, 際)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
際
さい Grade: 5
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

際(さい) • (sai) 

1. time; occasion

   列車(れっしゃ)が発車(はっしゃ)する際(さい)

   ressha ga hassha suru sai

   when a train departs

   その際(さい)に注意(ちゅうい)しなければいけない

   sono sai ni chūi shinakereba ikenai

   you must pay attention when that happens

See also

• 時(とき) (toki)
• 頃(ころ) (koro)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
際
きわ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

際(きわ) • (kiwa) ^{←きは (kifa)?}

1. moment prior to something

   去(さ)り際(ぎわ)に握(あく)手(しゅ)する

   sari-giwa ni akushu suru

   to shake hands just before leaving

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Korean

Hanja

際 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che, Yale cey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 際 (tế)

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