Surname · Japanese

境

“to divide, to form a boundary between things”

境 (Sakai) is a surname from Old Japanese. It is used in Japanese.

JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Sakai.

Meaning & origin

What it means

境 goes back to a word, meaning “to divide, to form a boundary between things.”

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Where it comes from

境 comes from Old Japanese.

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境’s family of names

In Japanese usage, 境 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Sakai. In Japanese usage, 境 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Sakafi. In Japanese usage, 境 as a surname has a related form in 界.

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境SakaiSakafi界

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Spellings & scripts 2

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