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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
環境 word · TOCFL 3 (est.)
環境 ＝ 環 ＋ 境
ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ · huánjìng
noun — environment; surroundings; circumstances

字源 FORM — what the parts do

環ring; to surround (環境的環)huán王/玉 (jade) at left; 睘 huán gives the sound — a jade ring; by extension: to encircle
境boundary; realm; situation (環境的境)jìng土 (earth) at left; 竟 jìng gives the sound — an earthen border
環境，環繞的環，環境的境。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

玉環（環）圍住土地邊界（境）——四面包圍的範圍就是你的環境。
A jade ring (環, 玉+睘) encircles the border of earth (境, 土+竟) — what surrounds you on all sides is your 環境.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
自然環境zìrán huánjìngnatural environment — 環境 in its ecological sense境界jìngjièrealm/level — 境 in its abstract sense of a state or degree