辺へん境きょう

へ

ん

きょ

う

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

remote region; frontier; border district

Refers to a far-off, sparsely populated area, often near a national border or at the edge of settled territory. Can be used concretely or abstractly.

彼かれは辺へん境きょうの地ちで新あたらしい生せい活かつを始はじめた。
He started a new life in a remote frontier region.

その

町まち

は

国くに

の

辺へん

境きょう

に

位い

置ち

し

て

いる

。

The town is located on the border of the country.

Written forms

辺へん境きょうUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and common usage.
辺へん疆きょうUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 疆 is an uncommon character for 'border'.

Kanji

辺environs, boundary, border
境boundary, border, region
疆boundary

Similar words

国こっ境きょう
国境 specifically means a national border or boundary line, while 辺境 emphasizes the remote, outlying area near such a border.
僻へき地ち
僻地 refers to a remote, isolated place in general, often with a nuance of inconvenience; 辺境 can carry a more romantic or historical 'frontier' connotation.

Etymology

Compound of 辺 (hen, 'vicinity, border') and 境 (kyō, 'boundary, border'). The spelling 辺疆 uses the character 疆 (kyō, 'boundary'), which is a less common variant.