TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
境
ㄐㄧㄥˋ · jìng
noun — border; territory; situation
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Earth (土) marks the ground; 竟 jìng — a tune played to its end — lends an exact sound, and the sense of an end leaks through: the border is where the land runs out. Inside it, 境內; around you, 環境; in the mind, 心境.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
順著田埂走到土（土）的盡頭——一塊界石，再過去就是別人的地了。
Follow the field path to where the earth (土) ends — a boundary stone, and past it, someone else's land.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)邊境、國境— border
→境內、地境— the ground within borders
⇒環境、處境、心境— surroundings; one's situation常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension